A charming Egyptian figurine of a hippopotamus carved from calcite some 5,000 years ago! 🦛❤️
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 by me
#Archaeology
June 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A charming Egyptian figurine of a hippopotamus carved from calcite some 5,000 years ago! 🦛❤️
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 by me
#Archaeology
#ReliefWednesday! A relief plaque with an #owl. 🦉
The owl hieroglyph represents the sound m.
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 me
The owl hieroglyph represents the sound m.
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 me
April 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM
#ReliefWednesday! A relief plaque with an #owl. 🦉
The owl hieroglyph represents the sound m.
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 me
The owl hieroglyph represents the sound m.
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 me
Griffin head from vessel (Praeneste?, 700-650 BCE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
June 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Griffin head from vessel (Praeneste?, 700-650 BCE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jug with painted bird (oinochoai) (Cyprus, ca 750-600 BCE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Jug with painted bird (oinochoai) (Cyprus, ca 750-600 BCE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
March 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Another superb #owl for #SuperbOwlSunday!
A relief plaque with an owl (a hieroglyph standing for the sound m).
4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 taken by me
A relief plaque with an owl (a hieroglyph standing for the sound m).
4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 taken by me
February 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Another superb #owl for #SuperbOwlSunday!
A relief plaque with an owl (a hieroglyph standing for the sound m).
4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 taken by me
A relief plaque with an owl (a hieroglyph standing for the sound m).
4th/3rd century BC, Egypt.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
📷 taken by me
The wonderful and spacious #Winter_Garden of the #Glyptotek. #Vinterhave #Wintertuin #Wintergarten #Giardino_d‘inverno #Jardín_de_invierno #Jardin_d‘hiver / (2/3)
May 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The wonderful and spacious #Winter_Garden of the #Glyptotek. #Vinterhave #Wintertuin #Wintergarten #Giardino_d‘inverno #Jardín_de_invierno #Jardin_d‘hiver / (2/3)
Stave Church, Borgund, Norway by Martinus Rørbye 1833
Oil on Canvas
(Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)
I remember seeing this at Glyptotek around 12 years ago and was quite struck by it.
Oil on Canvas
(Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)
I remember seeing this at Glyptotek around 12 years ago and was quite struck by it.
April 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Stave Church, Borgund, Norway by Martinus Rørbye 1833
Oil on Canvas
(Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)
I remember seeing this at Glyptotek around 12 years ago and was quite struck by it.
Oil on Canvas
(Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)
I remember seeing this at Glyptotek around 12 years ago and was quite struck by it.
🦛 A Roman hippopotamus in Copenhagen's Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
May 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🦛 A Roman hippopotamus in Copenhagen's Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Jug with painted bird (oinochoai) (Cyprus, ca. 750-600 BCE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Jug with painted bird (oinochoai) (Cyprus, ca. 750-600 BCE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Funerary portrait of the young girl › Ahâ (Palmyra, Syria, 149 CE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Funerary portrait of the young girl › Ahâ (Palmyra, Syria, 149 CE)
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Perseus & the Gorgon by Marqueste 1903 in Glyptotek Copenhagen
July 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Perseus & the Gorgon by Marqueste 1903 in Glyptotek Copenhagen
heavenly sight
(glyptotek museum, cph)
(glyptotek museum, cph)
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
heavenly sight
(glyptotek museum, cph)
(glyptotek museum, cph)
Claude Monet (Fr. 1840-1926), Sous les citronniers, 1884, huile sur toile, Copenhague, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
March 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Claude Monet (Fr. 1840-1926), Sous les citronniers, 1884, huile sur toile, Copenhague, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
A charming Egyptian figurine of a hippopotamus carved from calcite some 5,000 years ago!
The oversized head with bulging eyes gives it a modern cartoon-like character! 🦛❤️
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The oversized head with bulging eyes gives it a modern cartoon-like character! 🦛❤️
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me
#Archaeology
June 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
A charming Egyptian figurine of a hippopotamus carved from calcite some 5,000 years ago!
The oversized head with bulging eyes gives it a modern cartoon-like character! 🦛❤️
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The oversized head with bulging eyes gives it a modern cartoon-like character! 🦛❤️
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me
#Archaeology
April 24, 2026 at 11:36 AM
For #WorldHippoDay an #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were regarded as very dangerous animals, but they were also associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
Hippopotami were regarded as very dangerous animals, but they were also associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
February 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
For #WorldHippoDay an #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were regarded as very dangerous animals, but they were also associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
Hippopotami were regarded as very dangerous animals, but they were also associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
Dionysus. God of wine. Roman statue. 2nd century AD. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
September 19, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Dionysus. God of wine. Roman statue. 2nd century AD. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Apparently it's #WorldHippoDay! 🦛🦛
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me 🏺
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me 🏺
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Apparently it's #WorldHippoDay! 🦛🦛
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me 🏺
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me 🏺
This tremendous Roman statuette of a hippopotamus is made from a single piece of red marble which eggheads have determined was quarried at Cape Tainaron in the Peloponnese.
Those gaping jaws, sharp teeth & aggressive pose portray a dangerous animal.
🏛️📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Those gaping jaws, sharp teeth & aggressive pose portray a dangerous animal.
🏛️📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
June 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
This tremendous Roman statuette of a hippopotamus is made from a single piece of red marble which eggheads have determined was quarried at Cape Tainaron in the Peloponnese.
Those gaping jaws, sharp teeth & aggressive pose portray a dangerous animal.
🏛️📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Those gaping jaws, sharp teeth & aggressive pose portray a dangerous animal.
🏛️📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
March 18, 37 CE: The Senate declares Caligula emperor, two days after the death of Tiberius. I use this in class to point out the myths later told about Caligula & his horse (read Shushma Malik’s article: theconversation.com/mythbusting-...) & show them this polychromatic bust reconstructed recently
March 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
March 18, 37 CE: The Senate declares Caligula emperor, two days after the death of Tiberius. I use this in class to point out the myths later told about Caligula & his horse (read Shushma Malik’s article: theconversation.com/mythbusting-...) & show them this polychromatic bust reconstructed recently
Timeline cleanse!
An #Egyptian figurine of a Hippo (with bulgy eyes 👀), made 5,000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Have a wonderful Sunday 🦛🦛🦛
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
An #Egyptian figurine of a Hippo (with bulgy eyes 👀), made 5,000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Have a wonderful Sunday 🦛🦛🦛
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
September 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Timeline cleanse!
An #Egyptian figurine of a Hippo (with bulgy eyes 👀), made 5,000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Have a wonderful Sunday 🦛🦛🦛
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
An #Egyptian figurine of a Hippo (with bulgy eyes 👀), made 5,000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Have a wonderful Sunday 🦛🦛🦛
📷 me
🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky