Bastet Statue

Bastet StatueBastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites, and

a thin forked tail and canine body

Represented as holding the earth on his shoulders

His resurrection symbolized the eternal cycle of death and rebirth

that you may join up my father N and not be far in this your name of Hapi

Subject: Spartan Hoplite in Corinthian Helmet

Pewter Anubis Statue on Wood Base - Solid Pewter Hand-Cast Ancient Egyptian God Anubis Altar Statue

scarab beetles were often used as amulets

a guide to deepening your connection with the unseen and the sacred

or simply someone who values the pursuit of knowledge and spiritual growth

This is a magnificent and timeless piece that exudes a powerful spiritual and historical significance

It became said that the Sun was his right eye and the Moon his left

where every man’s life depended entirely on the grit of the person to his left