A WALLOW IN THE REALMS
OF THE BLUE HIPPOPOTAMUS

Concerning the Hippopotamus

• Frame, G.W. & Herbison Frame, L. 'The Dangerous Hippo', Science Digest LXXVI Nov 1974 pp.80-86.
• 'Hippos on rampage down Niger', The Namibian 17 Oct 2000.
• Eliot, T.S. 'Hippopotamus'.
• Holmes, Martha 'The whole hippo', BBC Wildlife Magazine, p.26, vol. 14: 4 Apr 1996.
• Kipling, R. Just So Stories (Macmillan 1952 p.60) for the aunt of the Elephant's Child.
• Murdin, P. 'Why did hippos miss breakfast?', THES 20 July 2001: no.1496. p.22.

Concerning the making of Faience

• Florence Dunn Friedman Egyptian Faience (Antiques Sept 1998)
• Nicholson, Paul T. Egyptian Faience & Glass (Shire Egyptology 1993)

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.

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