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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 7278438, member: 16283&quot;]My Lady &amp; I saw the Tut Exhibition in 1979 in San Francisco.Here&#039;s an Oct.2008 Press Release by John E. Buchanan, director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco-&#039;The first Tut show in 1979 was one of the most popular exhibitions ever to be presented at the de Young.&#039;</p><p>&nbsp; My Wife named our little Abyssinian kitten-&#039;Selket&#039;,an Egyptian Goddess of Magic who protected the King&#039;s Canopic Chest.</p><p>&nbsp; Even though the figure was crafted primarily out of wood,gesso &amp; gold gilt-she was apparently pretty powerful.</p><p>&nbsp; &#039;Selket functions as a protector of the canopic equipment&nbsp; &amp; as a guardian of the coffin. Her magic is documented in religious texts- it was she who battle the evil serpent <a href="http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/apep.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/apep.htm" rel="nofollow">Apophis</a>, the enemy of the sun god. Her role was later expanded to that of a protectress of the dead and her varied functions even included aiding during childbirth. She is usually depicted as a human female.&#039;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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