Images Dated 18th May 2013

Anubis and Thoth

Vintage engraving from 1864 of Anubis and Thoth. Anubis is jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe

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Racehorse Wasp dam of Neasham 19th century engraving

This antique steel engraving published in 1861 shows a racehorse (a mare) named Wasp, along with its owner. Text on this engraving: Engraved by E. Hacker from a Photograph (Edward Hacker, 1813-1905). Wasp. The dam of Neasham, Nettle and Hurworth. London. Published by Rogerson & Tuxford, 246, Strand, 1861. (Originally produced for the Sporting Review.) Wasp was born in 1839, her sire being Muley Moloch, a strong stallion that won his races in the 1830s on race courses in northern England. Wasp had winning progeny including Neasham (a winner of the two-mile Northumberland Plate); Nettle (a winner of the Gimcrack Stakes); and Shot (1853, also a winner)

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View from Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hoehe over Pasterze Glacier with Grossglockner Mountain, left, and Johannisberg Mountain, Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hohe, Heiligenblut, Carinthia, Austria

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