Bastet Statue

Bastet StatueBastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites, and

or a a female goddess

Back of King Tutankamun's Royal Throne

little is known about her early life

sarcophagi

every piece

6x2 inches

who led a series of monotheistic reforms during his reign and moved the capital to Amarna

it was believed that upon death

Caesar himself progressed within the Roman political system

Depicted as a woman with cow horns and a solar disk

Egyptian alabaster

This hand-painted Hygieia statue is perfectly sized for any location