Seventeen Statues of Ancient Goddess Found in Egypt

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CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian-German archaeological team has discovered 17 statues of Sekhmet, an ancient Egyptian goddess with the head of a lioness and the body of a woman.

The statues, estimated to be about 3,000 years old, were found during restoration work on the temple of Amenhotep III, in the southern city of Luxor, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said in a statement Sunday.

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Seventeen Statues of Ancient Goddess Found in Egypt

Last week, the team discovered six similar...

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