Ancient Egyptian statue of Sekhmet, also spelled of Sakhmet, in Egyptian religion,a god of the war and destroyer of the enemies of the sun god Ra

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Sekhmet,also spelled Sakhmet, in Egyptian religion, a goddess of war and the destroyer of the enemies of the sun god Re. Sekhmet was associated both with disease and with healing and medicine Sekhmet was sometimes identified with other Egyptian goddess such as Hathor, Bastet, and Mut .Sekhmet whose name means: she who is powerful or the one who loves ma’at “ was the goddess of the hot desert sun, plague, chaos, war and healing .she was usually depicted as a lioness or as a woman with the head of a lioness, on which placed the solar disk and the uraeus serpent. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare.Upon death, Sekhmet continued to protect them, bearing them to the afterlife. Large statue of Sekhmet black stone ancient Egypt altar Unique heavy made in Egypt . Height 32 cm depth 15 cm width 8 cm weight 2460 grams .