Essays Tagged: "Wadjet"

LACMA Museum Visit

t collection on Ancient Egyptian art. One of the pieces there is a 13" high figurine of the goddess Wadjet, sculpted from bronze in during the 26th Dynasty, est. 664-525 BCE. The figurine is in the ro ... he head of a lioness, upon which rests the sacred cobra and sun disk, called the uraeus.The goddess Wadjet was emblematic of Lower Egypt- she was often portrayed with her counterpart in Upper Egypt, N ...

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Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art