The Goddess Nekhbet, from the Temple of Hatshepsut
Painted scale copy (tempera on paper) of the temple painting by Charles K. Wilkinson, 1920s.
Original from Deir al-Bahri, Thebes, Upper Egypt. Dated to the New Kingdom,
Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. (joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III).Nekhbet is depicted as a vulture, often hovering over an image of the pharaoh and clutching a shen symbol (representing eternal encircling protection) in her talons.
Source: Met Museum
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August 29, 1970
I feel like no one ever talks about this. My professor won an award for doing research on the lynchings of Mexican-Americans after the acquisition of the Texas-California territory. He said that we all remember the past and present suffering of African Americans, and disregard that of Mexican Americans’.
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