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The goddess Sakhmet, whose lioness head with its small intense eyes and prominent sinewy jaws bespeaks her potential for violence, elicited great efforts of appeasement. This is one of some six hundred statues of the goddess created during the reign of Amenhotep III that either still stand in, or can be traced to, two main locales: the mortuary complex of the king at Kom el Heitan on the Theban west bank, and the Mut Temple Complex at Karnak on the east bank at Thebes. This statue was most likel

Sekhmet

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Ancient Egyptian Mythology

ANCIENT WORLD🏛🇹🇷🇬🇧 on Instagram: "📌The goddess Sekhmet Sekhmet was a lion goddess whose name means the mighty one and she personified the aggressive aspects of the other goddess.Sekhmet was a daugher of the Sun-god Ra and she usually wears a sun-disc on her head. -From Thebes,Karnak,temple of Mut -Granodiorite 📍Present Location:British Museum,London 🎥 @ancientworldhistory #archaeology #archaeologist #archaeological #archaeologists #archaeo #archaeologia #archeology #archeological #archeo