Pallas Athena Bust - Greek Goddess Athena African Goddess often decorated with lotus flowers

often decorated with lotus flowers and aquatic plants to represent their connection to the life-giving Nile

Height: 28

Egyptian Scarab Beetle Figurine that will stand the test of time

He was god of the source of the Nile

From the New Kingdom onwards

Pallas Athena Bust - Greek Goddess Athena African Goddess often decorated with lotus flowersGoddess of wisdom, war and the crafts, and favourite daughter of Zeus, Athena was, perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most resourceful of the Olympian gods. Zeus was told that his son would take his throne from him, just as he had taken power from his father Cronus. Accordingly, when Metis was pregnant, he swallowed her and Athena was born from Zeus head, wearing armour and fully grown. A popular theme in ancient art, Hephaistos