The 3,000 year old Cow Couch that JNB photographed emerging from Tutankhamen's Tomb in 1923 represented the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor. The Hathor Cow was a goddess of love, happiness, music and the heavens, "whose speckled belly formed the starry sky," (Saqqara Online) Above, this reproduction of the ritual couch is exhibited online by the International Museum Institute of Texas.

The Sacred Hathor Cow: January 24, 1923

Preparing to box the Sacred Hathor Cow

The Cow is boxed while a crowd looks on: January 24, 1923

The Sacred Hathor Cow moves away from the Tomb

Armed guards escort the Hathor Cow: January 24, 1923

To the Tomb of Seti II