A WALLOW IN THE REALMS
OF THE BLUE HIPPOPOTAMUS

(Title inspired by 'The Hippopotamus Song' - 'Mud, Glorious Mud', Flanders & Swan 'At the Drop of a Hat' 1960 Parlophone)

Websites

• William in the Metropolitan Museum, New York: site 1 | site 2
• Blue Hippopotamus in the Louvre
• Blue Hippopotamus in the Cairo Museum (1915 Catalogue)
• Blue Hippopotamus in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
• Blue/Green Hippopotamus in Norwich, SCVA
• Taweret: Hippopotamus in Egyptian Mythology
• Blue Hippopotamus at Sotheby's (June 12, 2001)
• Blue Hippopotamus on the BBC
• 'The Egyptian princess who was king', by Souren Melikian (May 19, 2006) IHT
• Hippo World
• Cindy's Hippos
• Egyptian Blue Hippos from Google Images
• Hippo T-shirt from the British Museum Shop
• Hippo Ornament from the Brooklyn Museum Shop

Blue Hippo: Heads or Tails?

This web page complements a small article of the same title, reproduced in 'Inscriptions' Volume 8 (p. 8), the Newsletter of the Friends of the Egypt Centre, Swansea [August 2001 PDF]. It is primarily designed to direct the reader to further sites about the modelled blue faience hippopotamus of Ancient Egypt. A select bibliography of related works has also been included.

Further information