Relief plaque with the goddesses Wadjet (cobra) and Nekhbet (vulture), the “Two Ladies”, Egypt, 400–30 BCE [4439×3681] [OC] by tyen0
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tyen0 on October 26, 2025 3:58 am I saw this at the Divine Egypt special exhibit at the Met museum today and was really impressed by the detail. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545195 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Ladies (I think my pic highlights the relief slightly better with some shadows from the lighting from above, so shared mine instead of the museum photo.)
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I saw this at the Divine Egypt special exhibit at the Met museum today and was really impressed by the detail.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545195
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Ladies
(I think my pic highlights the relief slightly better with some shadows from the lighting from above, so shared mine instead of the museum photo.)