Images

Faience amulet depicting the Egyptian god Shu. Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 BCE. (Art Institute of Chicago)

Wall relief depicting the goddess Tefnut. The relief is often erroneously identified as Sekhmet, a more well-known lion-headed goddess. Kom Ombo Temple. Ptolemaic Period. 180-47 BCE.

Statue of Sekhmet. Granodiorite. Reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1386-1353 BCE), 18th Dynasty. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

Bust of the Egyptian goddess Mut. Limestone. New Kingdom Period, 18th Dynasty, 1539-1076 BCE. "Queens of Egypt Exhibit", Pointe-à-Callière Museum. (Loaned from the collection of the Egyptian Museum, Turin)

Detail of Mut on a larger relief depicting the goddess alongside Khonsu and Amun making offerings to the Roman Emperor. Temple of Deir el-Hagar, Dakhla Oasis. 1st Century CE, Roman era.

Detail of Khonsu on a larger relief depicting the god alongside Mut and Amun making offerings to the Roman Emperor. Temple of Deir el-Hagar, Dakhla Oasis. 1st Century CE, Roman era. Image used courtesy of Ancient World Image Bank (New York...

A picture of the walls which have been excavated on the Céide Fields in County Mayo, Ireland, and the Céide Fields Interpretative Centre in the background. The Céide Fields are a Neolithic field system dating back to around 3,500 BCE. (Image...

Sphinx of Hatshepsut (ca. 1479–1458 BCE). This colossal sphinx portrays the female pharaoh Hatshepsut with the body of a lion and a human head wearing a nemes–headcloth and false beard. The sculptor has carefully observed the powerful muscles...

Representative statue of the Phyrigian Goddess Cybele, exhibited in the Museum Of Anatolian Civilizations. Ankara province, Turkey.

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430- 1516 CE). Completed by 1480 CE. (Frick Collection, New York)