Kathy Hipperson

🫖 Tea for two please! 🫖 As the Netflix series Bridgerton returns to Rangers House, we explore the history of Georgian tea-taking. Find out how it became what we now call afternoon tea ⬇️ eht.social/3Djj8Bu

For #WorldHippoDay a marvellous #hippo made of #Egyptian faience. The lotus flowers and a flying duck on his back indicate the marshy habitat of the animal. The flowers also symbolized regeneration and rebirth as they close every night and open again in the morning. 1/2

A small and very charming c. 7000 year-old Egyptian cosmetic pot in the form of a hippo. Early Predynastic, Badarian, carved from elephant ivory. Excavated at Mostagedda. 📷 British Museum #Archaeology

A charming painting of a hippopotamus on a limestone fragment. It might have been a practice piece or a template to be used when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Found in Deir el-Bahri, #Egypt. Dating  ca. 1479–1425 B.C Photo: metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Awesome 20-minute Boeuf Bourgignon in my new pressure cooker, recipe from @catlilycooks’ new book. (You’ll have to wait a few months for that...) Brilliant paired with @5oclockapron’s Three Cheese Dauphinois from New Kitchen Basics. French bistro lunch.

Roaring hippopotamus. This ancient Egyptian hippo may look cute, but when he was made almost 4,000 years ago, his mouth was equipped with tusks. Blue-green faience, c. 1950-1550 BCE. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. #Archaeology

A charming 5,000 year-old Egyptian sculpture of a hippopotamus with oversized head and eyes. Calcite, Early 1st Dynasty c. 3000 BCE. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. #Archaeology