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The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD) |
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| Set III-1-ibi-001. The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a long-legged wading bird in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit marshy wetlands and mud flats. It was an object of religious veneration in ancient Egypt, particularly associated with Djehuty (commonly referred to in Ancient Greek as Thoth), the god of writing, science, magic, mediation, and arbitration. The sacred ibis believed to be a powerful and ruthless adversary of poisonous snakes (the winged ones from Arabia, or the desert ones from Ethiopia).
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Elephant ·
Eagle ·
Owl ·
Rooster ·
Asclepios ·
Triptolemos
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| Source-Image(s): The set is researched, compiled, and designed by Alexei Alexeev. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. The general list of the compendium's images' sources is available on the Sources introductory page. |
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