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Why Break the Legs of an Egyptian Hippo Figurine?

Why Break the Legs of an Egyptian Hippo Figurine?

  • Post author:Lothaire Powell
  • Post published: November 15, 2026
  • Post category:Divine Animals

A blue hippopotamus from a Middle Kingdom burial reveals a delicate religious problem: how to welcome an animal’s renewing power without inviting its danger.

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