By Jacqueline Engel
A group of statues of the protective goddesses that were found in the tomb of king Amenhotep II were responsible for protecting the body of the king in his afterlife journey. They are “Wadjet” depicted as a cobra, “Nekhbet” the vulture, “Meretseger” in the form of a winged cobra, and the cows “Mehet-Weret” and “Hathor”.
These goddesses are among the earliest known to have been revered in ancient Egypt.
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New Kingdom, 18th dynasty
Valley of the Kings, Thebes
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
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