Head of the Goddess Hathor (shown as the cow Mehet-Weret from the tomb of Tutankhamen. carved from wood with copper horns and the eyes are inlayed with Lapis Lazuli (in the shape of the eye of Horus). The head, ears and the front of the neck are gilded, the rest of the neck and pedestal are varnished with black resin (symbolizing the dark of the underworld). Hathor was the goddess of Joy and love, who welcomed the setting sun and the spirits of the dead into the underworld. 1347-1336 BC

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Size: 3515px × 5966px
Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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