The ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut. Detail from the greywacke sarcophagus of Sisobek, vizier of L
The ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut. Detail from the greywacke sarcophagus of Sisobek, vizier of Lower Egypt under the 26th Dynasty pharaoh Psamtik (Psammetichus) I (r. 664-610 BCE). Thought to come from Saqqara; now in the British Museum. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin/Wikimedia Commons. -- source link
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