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Killing
Tracing Egypt’s lost custom of kings killing hippos
In Egyptian culture and belief system, Hippopotamus is regarded as a totem. The mammal’s unpredictable nature and the danger it poses have made it a revered object of art in Egyptian mythology. The cultural representation of the hippopotamus is one of an animal that maims its victims and destroys farmlands. Its decline in numbers has been…
