Image: Upper torso and head of the goddess Sekhmet, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.

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Description: The fierce lioness goddess Sekhmet is the daughter of sun god Ra. She wears the sun on her wig as a headdress, protected by a spitting cobra. 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: Upper torso and head of the goddess Sekhmet, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.
Credit: Own work
Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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