Phoenician Household Shrine with a Nude Goddess in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,3rd century B.C. It represents the ancient Canaanite goddess Astarte, shown nude like the Mesopotamian Ishtar, but with an Egyptian face and wig. She stands within a shrine protected by typically Near Eastern snarling lions that support Egyptian columns surmounted by heads of the Egyptian god Bes. Ancient Goddesses, Gods And Goddesses, Ancient Art, Ancient History, Ancient Egypt, Boston Museums, Anthropologie, Mother Goddess, Sacred Feminine