Venus in the Guise of Hatshepsut

Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut (Queen of Sheba) One of the more dominant guises of Venus What are we to make of such imagery? Did the population of ancient Egypt understand why the head of state, their divine queen was portrayed as a lion-maned sphinx? Absolutely – they simply looked up! (actually, towards the horizon). Hatshepsut was just … Continue reading Venus in the Guise of Hatshepsut