Lola Méndez
| Special to USA TODAY
I’ve had Egyptomania for as long as I can remember. Growing up, the only video game I played was set in the Giza pyramids. My favorite evenings were spent watching documentaries with my father about ancient Egypt. I soaked up information about the pyramid’s construction, the lengthy mummification process, and Egyptian mythology.
This year, I finally took my dream trip to Egypt to visit ancient sites. My trip took an unexpected turn when I was introduced to a goddess I wasn’t familiar with, Hathor, whose worship originated in early dynastic times (3rd millennium BCE). The first time I saw a statue of Hathor at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization kicked off an unintentional pilgrimage across Egypt to Hathor.
I saw Hathor next at The Egyptian Museum which displays a colorful shrine from 1400 BCE dedicated to her with a statue of Hathor in cow form in which Thutmosis III is suckling from her breast. More temples were dedicated to Hathor than to any other Egyptian goddess.
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