The Sekhmet Karnak Story: Ra, Beer and the End of the World

The Sekhmet Karnak story in stone: the lioness goddess standing in her chapel, carved walls on either side

The sekhmet karnak story is the Destruction of Mankind: Ra sends his Eye to punish humanity, it becomes Sekhmet, and she cannot be stopped. The problem: a god created something more powerful than his ability to recall it The solution: thousands of jars of beer dyed red to look like blood The result: she drinks, sleeps, and wakes calm […]

Sekhmet Karnak Temple: Inside the Chapel of the Lioness

Inside the Sekhmet Karnak temple chapel: a standing granite statue of the lioness goddess, sun disc above her head

The Sekhmet Karnak Temple chapel is not a separate temple. It is a small chapel inside the Temple of Ptah, in the north of the Amun precinct at Karnak. Ticket: inside the Karnak complex, so no separate site ticket Finding it: north of the main visitor route, easy to walk past Opening: the chapel itself is not always […]