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Title: Dozens of black granite statues of a fierce lion-headed goddess known as the Lady of War are discove
Post by: rangerrebew on December 05, 2017, 02:32:47 pm

Dozens of black granite statues of a fierce lion-headed goddess known as the Lady of War are discovered in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor

    The 27 statues were found in the ground at the Colossi of Memnon area
    Sekhmet had the body of a woman and the head of a fierce lioness
    She was one of the goddesses known as Eyes of Ra, the sun god
    Newly found statues are two metres (6.5 feet) high and carved in granite

By Phoebe Weston For Mailonline

Published: 06:27 EST, 5 December 2017 | Updated: 08:28 EST, 5 December 2017


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5147121/Granite-statues-fierce-lion-goddess-discovered-Egypt.html#ixzz50OgHBvoL (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5147121/Granite-statues-fierce-lion-goddess-discovered-Egypt.html#ixzz50OgHBvoL)
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