Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...
Reliefs of decans (left), Esna, Egypt; Sagittarius relief (center) before restoration, Esna, Egypt; Sagittarius relief (right) after restoration, Esna, Egypt For centuries, layers of soot have coated ...
In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...