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Craniopagus parasiticus is an extremely rare type of parasitic twinning occurring in about 4 to 6 of 10,000,000 births. [1] In craniopagus parasiticus, a parasitic twin head with an undeveloped body is attached to the head of a developed twin.
Dicephalic parapagus (/ d aɪ ˈ s ɛ f ə l ɪ k /) is a rare form of partial twinning with two heads side by side on one torso. [1] Infants conjoined this way are sometimes called "two-headed babies" in popular media. [2] The condition is also called parapagus dicephalus. [1] If carried to term, most dicephalic twins are stillborn, or die ...
A two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise was born at the San Antonio Zoo on June 18, 2013. [72] A two-headed yellow-bellied slider lives at the Herpetarium in the Greensboro Science Center in North Carolina. [73] A two-headed red-eared slider is on display at the Sideshow Museum in Uranus, Missouri.
Sobek, Coptic: Ⲥⲟⲩⲕ, romanized: Souk), also known as Suchus (Ancient Greek: Σοῦχος, romanized: Soûchos), was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex and elastic history and nature. [3] He is associated with the sacred and Nile crocodiles and is often
Two sets of paired sandstone bases, in front of the first and second pylons respectively, were found at the western approach to the stone temple, and figures of rams were found on two of them. [1] The pairing ram to the one at the British Museum is held at the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford , where many of the artefacts from the excavations at Kawa ...
Mummies 317a and 317b were the infant daughters of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.Their mother, who has been tentatively identified through DNA testing as the mummy KV21A, is presumed to be Ankhesenamun, his only known wife. 317a was born prematurely at 5–6 months' gestation, and 317b was born at or near full term.
Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena , as well as abstract concepts [ 1 ] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name.
Nehebkau was occasionally shown as having two heads on two separate necks, and a third head on his tail supported by the figure of a man. [2] Egyptologist Magali Massiera suggests that the two heads could be a representation of his dual good and evil nature, [9] as well as his ability to simultaneously attack from two directions at once. [13]