Image: Head and upper body of the goddess Sekhmet, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.
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Description: Sekhmet is a dangerous woman. Her name means the powerful woman. She is the goddess of disease and her breath is the hot desert wind. She once tried to kill everyone in Egypt. Granite. From Egypt, 18th dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 BCE. The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (loaned by the British Museum).
Title: Head and upper body of the goddess Sekhmet, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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