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The Goddess Nekhbet Represented as a Vulture

In Ancient Egypt, the goddess Nekhbet was patron goddess of Upper Egypt, and is here represented as a vulture holding a shen ring. In ancient Egypt, a shen ring was a circle with a line tangent to it, representing eternal protection. Tempera on paper facsimile by Charles K. Wilkinson, 1930. Original source ca. 1479–1458 B.C., Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri.
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The Goddess Nekhbet Represented as a Vulture
In Ancient Egypt, the goddess Nekhbet was patron goddess of Upper Egypt, and is here represented as a vulture holding a shen ring. In ancient Egypt, a shen ring was a circle with a line tangent to it, representing eternal protection. Tempera on paper facsimile by Charles K. Wilkinson, 1930. Original source ca. 1479–1458 B.C., Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri.
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