Meanwhile Sekhmet’s depictions in art and sculpture made her one of the most enduring figures in Egyptian mythology. This is her bloodthirsty story. The myth of Sekhmet dates back to Egypt’s ...

A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex predator, Bastetodon.

“She's a fighter. I named her Sekhmet originally because Sekhmet is the goddess of war and healing, and she has been that,” said Knopp. Knopp lost two kitties last week. She says, so ...

He has a pharaoh’s beard and his legs are wrapped in mummy bandages. Sekhmet was a warrior goddess and a goddess of healing. People believed she protected the pharaohs when they went into battle.

This led to the naming of another hyaenodont species, Sekhmetops, after Sekhmet, the lion-headed Egyptian goddess of war and destruction. This new classification confirms that these prehistoric ...