Stele of HayStele depicting goddess Meretseger “She Who Loves Silence”, with female body
Stele of HayStele depicting goddess Meretseger “She Who Loves Silence”, with female body and snake head, followed by the powerful protective goddess Taweret “Mistress of the Horizon”depicted as a bipedal female hippopotamus with feline attributes. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Limestone, from Deir el-Medina. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin. Cat. 1606 -- source link
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