Archaeologists have discovered an artifact personifying an ancient Egyptian goddess at a 2,700-year-old site in Spain.
The gold-leaf pottery piece was discovered by archaeologists at the University of Salamanca and belongs to a group of antiquities including amulets, painted pottery and other motifs with Egyptian and Mediterranean roots, discovered by experts at the Cerro de San Vicente site in the central region of Spain.
Researchers believe the artifact embodies a larger statue of the goddess Hathor, the daughter of the Egyptian sun god Ra, and the mother of Horus, a falcon-headed deity in Egyptian mythology, in ancient Egypt, according to Art News.
The newly discovered artifact measuring about two inches was found in a three-room building located at the site along with other items including a shark’s tooth, necklace beads, and clay shards. A separate artifact depicting the goddess herself was found in 2021 at Location.
Archaeologists have excavated the Spanish site near the Tormes River for three decades and the researchers who led the excavation believe that the inhabitants of the ancient community deliberately destroyed their place of residence.
