Vatican Museums Unveil New Exhibit on Ancient Egyptian Goddess, Sekhmet | EWTN News Nightly

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The Vatican Museums have unveiled a new exhibit of artifacts dedicated to a figure from Ancient Egypt. The Charm of Sekhmet is the continuation of a project that began in 2017. It studied statues of the ancient goddess Sekhmet, or Lioness, that were given to the Vatican Museums in the 1800s. The Vatican exhibition features around 2 dozen sculptures. They are believed to be thousands of years old dating back to several centuries before Christ. Curator of the Vatican Museums' Department of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities, Alessia Amenta, joins to tell us a little more about this project and why these statues are so important. Alessia shares how the Vatican Museums first obtained the sculptures. She fills us in on what more she can tell us about the Sekhmet statues and what she hopes people learn from this new exhibit. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN News Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf