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.
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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
View JNB's Travel Itinerary in Egypt or flip through the Album Pages
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