: Head of Goddess Head of Goddess Anuket (ANUKIS "In Ancient Egyptian, she was known as Anuket, Anaka, or Anqet. Her name meant the "Clasper" or "Embracer" In Greek, this became Anoukis (Ανουκις), sometimes also spelled Anukis. Anuket was part of a triad with the god Khnum, and the goddess Satis. She may have been the sister of the goddess Satis or she may have been a junior consort to Khnum instead. Anuket was depicted as a woman with a headdress of feathers (thought by most Egyptologists to be a detail deriving from Nubia). She usually is depicted as holding an ankh. Her sacred animal was the gazelle. A temple dedicated to Anuket was erected on the Island of Seheil. Inscriptions show that a shrine or altar was dedicated to her at this site by the 13th dynasty Pharaoh Sobekhotep III. Much later, during the 18th dynasty, Amenhotep II dedicated a chapel to...