Egyptian gods and goddesses

Egyptian figure in green porphyry marble with one hand on the head of a Sphinx, symbol of the Nile, and the other on her breast, symbol of the Nile's abundance 1 (found in Pantanello, Tivoli, now in the collection of Mr. Hamilton). Figure of a sparrowhawk or the moon goddess Isis 2, and Egyptian fragment with two figures, believed to be a symbol of propagation, found near Pesto 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802

Egyptians Etruscans Fragment Greeks Hieroglyph Isis Lorenzo Porphyry Propagation Rocceggiani Ruga Sparrowhawk Sphinx

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