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title: Statue of Sekhmet
author: John Tuttle
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6680/statue-of-sekhmet/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Statue of Sekhmet

_Authored by [John Tuttle](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jptuttleb9/)_

## Image File

[![Statue of Sekhmet](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6680.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6680.jpg)

## Image Caption

A granite statue of the ancient [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) goddess Sekhmet which dates to the [Third Intermediate Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Third_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt/), 1069 to 656 BCE. On display in the Ancient [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/) exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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## About the Author

John Tuttle is a Catholic man working as a freelance writer, photographer, and history enthusiast. Based out of Illinois, he has been published on Ancient Origins, ZME Science, and War History Online.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Tuttle, J. (2017, May 22). Statue of Sekhmet. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6680/statue-of-sekhmet/>
### Chicago
Tuttle, John. "Statue of Sekhmet." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 22, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6680/statue-of-sekhmet/>.
### MLA
Tuttle, John. "Statue of Sekhmet." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 May 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6680/statue-of-sekhmet/>.

## License & Copyright

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