Egypt discovered 27 more statues of the war goddess Sekhmet

Archaeologists have discovered 27 statues of the war goddess Sekhmet bearing the lion's head when excavating the Pharaoh Amenhotep III temple in Kom El-Hettan area, west of Luxor city, southern Egypt.

Excavation of this area belongs to the Conservation Project of Pharaoh Amenhotep III temple.

According to a reporter in Cairo on December 3, Secretary-General of the Supreme Egyptian Archeology Council, Mostafa Waziri said the statues were carved out of black stone with a maximum height of about 2m.

Some of the sculptures sitting on the throne held " the key of life" in the left hand, while some others carved the goddess in a standing position and held a papyrus tree in front of her chest.

The statue of Sekhmet is displayed in the exhibition Les maitres du desordre.(Source: AFP).

The head of the war goddess Sekhmet is crowned as a Sun disk and on the forehead is a sacred snake (Uraeus) to protect the Pharaohs from the enemy.

Most of the statues are almost complete, with one pho missing the foot and the base.

The statues that were not buried deep in the ground were in good condition, while some others were damaged by groundwater and salt destroyed the surface.

According to experts, the sculptures have high artistic value and great archaeological value.

In the immediate future, the statues are currently being restored, cleaned and desalinated. After that, all will be taken back to the original excavation site when the Pharaoh Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project is completed.

In the framework of the project, which has been implemented since 1998, archaeologists have unearthed about 287 statues of the goddess Sekhmet.

Pharaoh Amenhotep III Temple of the 18th Dynasty (1580-1314 BC) is the largest temple for an Egyptian Pharaoh.

This was once a great architecture with an unprecedentedly large number of dynasties and characters in the dynasty, including hundreds of statues of Sekhmet.

Goddess Sekhmet is associated with war and vengeance, representing the dark forces of the Sun.

She is one of the three gods of the ancient capital Memphis, including god Sekhmet, god Ptah and Pharaoh Ramses II.