rt in Egyptianart. The vulture symbolizes Maut, the spouse of Amen. Itfurnishes the sign by which her name is written, and sometimes, asthe symbol of maternity, its head appears over the brow of thegoddess, its wings forming her head-dress. The goddess Nekheb,who symbolizes the region of the South,… … Fig. 42 —Touaris. Boulak.(Drawn by G. Benedite.) 64 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. head of an Ibis. The part played by these birds in the repre-sentation of the gods, both in the plastic arts and in writing, is tobe explained by the sentiments of gratitude and religious venera-tion of which…
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