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The human skull has long served as a universal reminder of mortality

Bastet Clock Lady_Justice known as the Star ofDimensions: Height: 17cm 6. 7 inches Base: 11x4cm 4. 3x1. 5 inches Bastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods