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The team found that the temple's paintings depict Nekhbet, a goddess who is depicted like a vulture, and Wadjet, a cobra-headed goddess who has wings. Nekhbet is shown wearing the white crown of ...

Two of the 46 ceiling frescoes showing the Upper-Egyptian goddess Nekhbet with the head of a vulture, and the Lower-Egyptian goddess Wadjet with the head of a cobra. Image credit: Ahmed Emam / MoTA.