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Serket protected the box of glasses canopos from TutanjamónSerket, ancient protective goddess of the magic, symbol of the heat of the Sun. Also of the conjugal union.
Egyptian name: Serket-Heru. Greek name: Selkis.
Iconography: Woman with a scorpion on his head. Scorpion with feminine head, horns and the Sun. Sometimes with head of lioness.
Daughter of Ra, sometimes represented as wife of Horus, mother of Nhebkau.
Serket was protecting the sarcofagus of the Pharaoh and of the sting of the scorpions. The priests of Serket were medical and magicians who were treating the stings of the poisonous animals.
She was identified with Isis and Seshat. Venerated in the Delta, in Edfu and Per Serket.
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