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The Goddess Nekhbet Represented as a Vulture

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Title: The Goddess Nekhbet Represented as a Vulture

Caption: 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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Image size: 3373 × 2400 px | 23.2 MB

Print size: 28.6 × 20.3 cm | 1328.0 × 944.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ANCIENT AFRICA • ANCIENT EGYPT • ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY • ANCIENT • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITY • ART • ARTFORM: ICON • BIRD • CHARLES K. WILKINSON • COLORFUL • CULTURE • DEITIES • DEITY • EGYPTIAN • FIGURE • GODDESS • GODS AND GODDESSES • HISTORY • ICON • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • NEKHBET • PAINTING • RELIGION • SHEN RING • TEMPERA • VINTAGE • VULTURE • WARM PALETTE