The Goddess Isis

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Geoffrey Marchal
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published on 23 January 2017

A statue of the goddess Isis, 400 BCE. Nye Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento beta (now ReMake) from AutoDesk.

The goddess of fertility, Isis, was worshipped all over the Mediterranean, and this depiction of the priestess is from Rome. She is holding a pail to hold water for purification.

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