Head of Sekhmet

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Sekhmet, meaning "she who is powerful", was a fierce lioness-goddess linked to devastation. When finished, this statue would have depicted Sekhmet with a human body and the head of a powerful lioness. Right now, she wears a crown made up of the solar disc and cobra. Hundreds of life-size statues of Sekhmet were built by King Amenhotep III at his mortuary temple in Western Thebes. Some, like this one, were later relocated to other areas.