CAIRO: An Egyptian-European mission has discovered 27 fragmented statues of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet across the Nile from Egypt’s southern city of Luxor, the antiquities ministry reported. The statues had the goddess’s head “crowned by a sundisk” while a cobra “adorns her forehead,” Waziri was quoted as saying. The mission found additional statues at the end of November, bringing the total number to 39, Sourouzian told AFP. The mission was preparing the discovered statues for display, she said. The mission has discovered 287 statues of Sekhmet since it began its excavation work in 1998, the ministry said, citing West Bank Antiquities in Luxor Director-General Fathi Yassim.

Source: Pakistan Today December 04, 2017 06:22 UTC