A small bronze figurine from ancient Hierapolis in Asia Minor reveals in a striking way how religions and deities transformed as they traveled from one culture to another. The object, housed in the Archaeological Museum of Hierapolis, depicts Harpocrates - the Greco-Roman version of the Egyptian god Horus as a child - and combines elements from Egypt, Greece and Rome.
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A small bronze figurine from ancient Hierapolis in Asia Minor reveals in a striking way how religions and deities transformed as they traveled from one culture to another. The object, housed in the Archaeological Museum of Hierapolis, depicts Harpocrates - the Greco-Roman version of the Egyptian god Horus as a child - and combines elements from Egypt, Greece and Rome.