ashmoleanmuseum:Happy Star Wars Day! We think we might have found Yoda on display in our Egypt Galle
ashmoleanmuseum:Happy Star Wars Day! We think we might have found Yoda on display in our Egypt Galleries…Or, more likely, this is the cow-headed goddess Hathor. One of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt, Hathor was a goddess of joy, love, and motherhood. Divine figures are a common subject on Meroitic painted pottery. Independent of Egypt, the Meroitic kingdom controlled a vast region. The rulers of Meroe maintained many pharaonic traditions including building pyramids as their tombs. -- source link
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