Sekhmet Statue Karnak: Black Granite in the Dark
The Sekhmet statue Karnak visitors come to see is a standing figure in dark granite, a little over life size, inside a windowless chapel in the Temple of Ptah. Form: woman’s body, lioness head, sun disc above, ankh in one hand Stone: hard dark granite, quarried far to the south Light: a narrow slot in […]
Sekhmet Karnak: The Lioness Goddess Welcomes You in Her Own Chapel
Sekhmet Karnak is a lioness headed goddess who still stands in a small dark chapel inside the Temple of Ptah, in the north of the Amun precinct. Who she is: daughter of Ra, goddess of war, plague and healing Her name: from sekhem, power. “The Powerful One” Where she is: the Temple of Ptah, a […]