The Egyptian goddess Neith, the primary lordess, bearing her war goddess symbols, the crossed arrows and shield on her head, the ankh, and the was-sceptre. She sometimes wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt .

Neith was patron goddess of Sais and of the Dynasty 26 pharaohs, She has elements of a war goddess, and was regarded as a great creator goddess. Not surprisingly, cupreous statuary of the goddess proliferated during Dynasty 26.

Among the countless deities known from ancient Egypt, the goddess Neith is one of the earliest. This fine statuette of the goddess shows her seated on a throne that is now lost. Inlays of gold and pigment show the details of her bead-net dress, necklace, armlets and bracelets.

Neith was a powerful goddess with many different aspects, but was perhaps best known in the first millennium BC as the goddess of the powerful city of Sais in the Delta. In copper alloy she is represented in anthropomorphic form.

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Neith is the main goddess of Lower Egypt, with a major cult center in the Delta site Sais. She was worshipped as a hunting and warrior goddess (hence her symbol, two crossing bows) and as a mother goddess.

This ensemble exhibits the goddess Neith seated on a throne, accompanied by two figures of the juvenile Horus (one with double-crown here for Upper Egypt, and one with the lower Egyptian crown). The donor is depicted as the kneeling worshipper in front of the feet of the goddess.

A commanding statue of the Goddess Athena, the Libyan Goddess Neith, the Egyptian Nit. In ancient time the Libyan Goddess Neith was venerated by most of the Mediterranean people including the Ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Romans, etc.

Statuette of the Goddess Neith Date: Third Intermediate–Late Period, Dynasty 22–30 (about 945–332 BCE) Artist: Egyptian

This is a bronze statuette depicting the Egyptian goddess Neith. She is shown in a striding position, her left foot forward. The goddess holds her right arm vertically against her side. Her left arm is bent at the elbow.