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This folio tells the story from the Adi Parva, the first book of the Mahabharata, of the eagle Garuda, who became the vahana (animal mount) for the god Vishnu. Garuda's mother Vinata and her co-wife Kadru had engaged in a wager that Vinata lost,…

This folio tells the story from the Adi Parva, the first book of the Mahabharata, of the eagle Garuda, who became the vahana (animal mount) for the god Vishnu. Garuda's mother Vinata and her co-wife Kadru had engaged in a wager that Vinata lost,…

This standing figure represents a lion-headed goddess, most likely Sekhmet, whose name means “The Powerful One.” Her attributes include a sun disk with a uraeus. Together they connect her with the sun god, Re, and emphasize her roles as his daughter,…

This bronze statuette depicts the mummiform god of the underworld Osiris. The body of the god is wrapped in a close-fitting shroud with his hands poking out of vertical slits. In his right hand he holds a flail, and in his left, a crook. On his head,…

Cats, in ancient Egypt, were not just pets but symbols of Bastet, the goddess of fertility and protection. The popularity of Bastet’s cult from the Late Period to the Ptolemaic Period led to the creation of a large number of seated cat statuettes.…

This large bronze of the falcon god Horus wears a uraeus and the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The distinctive eye markings of the falcon are carefully incised as are the individual feathers on the falcon’s back and wings. A portion of the…