Ancient Sekhmet Statues from Luxor, Egypt. youtube/MegalithomaniaUK - Filmed as part of the 2014 Origins Conference, London on November 16th. Andrew Collins hosts a Questers Guide to the British Museum. In Part Two he talks about the incredible Sekhmet statues found at Luxor, their significance, origins and the magic and high-weirdness that surrounds them. Part One here: youtu.be/iWKK59KCMRk. Sekhmet represented the might of the sun at midday, as well as the power of smiting through plague and disease. The statues, all made of Aswan granite, formed part of an avenue of 730 Sekhmets commissioned by king Amenhotep III, ca. 1386-1349 BC.
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