Bastet Statue ancient egyptian statue Over the next eight years

Over the next eight years

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Anubis Head Statue - Made in Egypt - Unique Faux Faience Finish

this statue serves as a sharp anchor for any collection of classical or syncretic antiquities

and are used today as a symbol of faith by many Wiccans

Bastet Statue ancient egyptian statue Over the next eight yearsHand crafted from basalt in Egypt Bastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats