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Taweret - Powerful Egyptian Hippopotamus ‘Household Goddess’ Who Guarded Childbirth, House, Sleep And Dispelled Evil Forces

Taweret – Powerful Egyptian Hippopotamus ‘Household Goddess’ Guarded Childbirth, House, Sleep And Dispelled Evil Forces

AncientPages.com | July 16, 2018

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Attested since Old Kingdom times, Taweret (also known as Toeris, "great (female) one") is one of the Egyptian goddesses of fertility, especially focused on

Civilizations

Ancient Egyptian Capital Tell El-Amarna Mapped Through Satellite Imagery System

AncientPages.com | September 11, 2015

Ancient Pages.com - Researchers work with the layout of Tell el-Amarna, ancient Egypt's capital during the reign of pharaoh Akhenaten (1353B.C–1336B.C using remote sensing techniques. Based on images