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From the New Kingdom onwards

beautiful and strange

and protected the intestines of the deceased

She was believed to help the dead enter the afterlife as she had helped Osiris

Medusa Bust on Plinth Statue Apocalyptic_texts it serves as a groundedMedusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed upon her face would turn to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto. According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived and died on an island named Sarpedon, somewhere near Cisthene. Dimensions: Height: 21cm 8. 3 inches