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title: The Goddess Hathor
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5321/the-goddess-hathor/
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updated: 2024-07-19
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# The Goddess Hathor

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![The Goddess Hathor](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5321.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5321.jpg)

## Image Caption

This bust comes from a triad statue that showed King [Amenhotep III](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amenhotep_III/) flanked by the [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Osiris](https://www.worldhistory.org/osiris/) and the goddess [Hathor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hathor/). It is one of the numerous statues that adorned Amenhotep III's mortuary [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) at [Thebes](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Thebes/). Some 150 years later, when the temple was destroyed by an [earthquake](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/earthquake/), this and other statues were reused in the nearby mortuary temple of Merenptah, Western Thebes. 18th Dynasty, c 1390-1352 BCE.

The British Museum, London.

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2016, July 15). The Goddess Hathor. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5321/the-goddess-hathor/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "The Goddess Hathor." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 15, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5321/the-goddess-hathor/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "The Goddess Hathor." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Jul 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5321/the-goddess-hathor/>.

## License & Copyright

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