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"You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Violence of Sekhmet."
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Sekhmet is an Egyptian Heroic Age minor god in Age of Mythology. She is available to worshipers of Set and Ra.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Citadel	Transforms any owned or allied Town Center into the powerful Citadel Center.

Technology

Name	Description
Bone Bow	Increases Chariot Archer range by three.
Slings of the Sun	Slingers gain +0.75 attack multiplier vs. infantry.
Crimson Linen	Myth units, especially Scarabs, regenerate hit points while attacking units. (Since Retold)
Force of the West Wind	Grants +20% siege and myth unit crush attack and enables Catapults in the Heroic Age.

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Scarab	A living siege weapon that does area of effect damage when it dies.

Gameplay

Sekhmet's bonuses improve the player's archers, siege weapons, and myth units. She grants Chariot Archers extra range with the Bone Bow, allowing them to out-range most other units and buildings, making them even stronger. Slings of the Sun gives Slingers a bonus against infantry, although Chariot Archers are still superior against them in this regard. Furthermore, the crush attack of myth and siege units can be boosted via Force of the West Wind, which also unlocks Catapults in the Heroic Age, allowing for a more destructive Heroic Age army.

Sekhmet's myth unit, the Scarab, is one of the best building-wreckers in the game. Crimson Linen allows all of the player's myth units, especially Scarabs, to regenerate health while attacking enemy units, making them last longer. This makes Scarabs more durable considering their increased max hit points of 900, compared to the original game's 670. Her god power, Citadel, can be used to help defend a neutral area, but is most significant for the population bonus it grants.

Her bonuses synergize quite nicely with Bast (only possible under Ra), who provides the Sphinx myth unit that also does decent damage against buildings, as well as the Eclipse god power which strengthens all of the player's myth units, including Scarabs. If Set players pick Thoth for the Mythic Age, his Phoenix myth unit can support the already-powerful Scarabs in destroying buildings. Furthermore, his Valley of the Kings technology makes massing Chariot Archers even easier as long as a Pharaoh is empowering the Migdol Stronghold that is currently training units.

Mythology

"The lion-headed wife of Ptah was a goddess of war and the heat of the desert. Her name means "powerful." She rose to prominence during the second millennium BC, when Egypt engaged in many wars extending its domain and was a leading power in the world. The Egyptians of the era readily worshipped a goddess who was a fierce hunter. Together with Bast, the cat goddess, Sekhmet destroyed Apep, the underworld serpent that attempted to swallow Ra. In one myth, she is sent to wage war on those who thought Ra was getting feeble. She was so effective in spreading ruin that Ra had to trick her into drinking a lake of what appeared to be blood, but was actually beer dyed with pomegranate juice. Sekhmet became intoxicated and humanity was saved."
In-game compendium

Trivia

Originally, Sekhmet used a different portrait.
- Sekhmet originally had a technology called "Red Tide" which was most likely replaced by Stones of Red Linen.

List of Gods

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-{{Quote|You have advanced to the Classical Age under the Protection of Bast.|Age up text}}
+{{Quote|You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Violence of Sekhmet.|Age up text}}
-Bast is a Classical Age Egyptian minor goddess in Age of Mythology. She is available to Isis and Ra.
+Sekhmet is an Egyptian Heroic Age minor god in Age of Mythology. She is available to worshipers of Set and Ra.
 ==Attributes==
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:egp-gp-eclipse.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Earthquake]] || The tremors caused by Earthquake deal massive amounts of damage to all buildings in the target area, but little to human units.
+| [[File:egp-gp-citadel.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Citadel]] || Transforms any owned or allied Town Center into the powerful Citadel Center.
 |}
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:egp-t-sacred-cats.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Flames of Typhon]] || Upgrades Chimerai to [[Chimera]] Tyrants, granting+40%.
+| [[File:egp-t-bone-bow.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Bone Bow]] || Increases Chariot Archer range by three.
 |-
-| [[File:egp-t-adze-of-wepwawet.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Shafts of Plague]] || Archers have +10% attack, and their attacks deal poison damage.
+| [[File:egp-t-slings-of-the-sun.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Slings of the Sun]] || [[Slinger]]s gain +0.75 attack multiplier vs. infantry.
 |-
-| [[File:egp-t-criosphinx.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Beast Slayer]] || [[Heroes]] have +200% attack vs. myth units. (Since Retold)
+| [[File:egp-t-crimson-linen.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Crimson Linen]] || [[Myth Unit|Myth units]], especially [[Scarab]]s, regenerate hit points while attacking units. (Since Retold)
 |-
-| [[File:egp-t-hieracosphinx.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Beast Slayer]] || [[Heroes]] have +200% attack vs. myth units. (Since Retold)
+| [[File:egp-t-force-of-the-west-wind.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Force of the West Wind]] || Grants +20% siege and myth unit crush attack and enables [[Catapult]]s in the [[Heroic Age]].
 |}
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:egp-m-sphinx.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Chimera]] || Three-headed monster that breathes fire all over its enemies.
+| [[File:egp-m-scarab.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Scarab]] || A living siege weapon that does area of effect damage when it dies.
 |}
 ==Gameplay==
+Sekhmet's bonuses improve the player's archers, siege weapons, and myth units. She grants Chariot Archers extra range with the Bone Bow, allowing them to out-range most other units and buildings, making them even stronger. Slings of the Sun gives Slingers a bonus against infantry, although Chariot Archers are still superior against them in this regard. Furthermore, the crush attack of myth and siege units can be boosted via Force of the West Wind, which also unlocks Catapults in the Heroic Age, allowing for a more destructive Heroic Age army.
-Bast's bonuses are economic; two of her technologies increase resource gather rates. Wood is usually not important to the Egyptians until the Heroic Age, when Chariot Archers and siege weapons (such as the Siege Tower and Catapult) appear, but in water maps, the Adze of Wepwawet is extremely important, as Laborers can gather extra wood for Fishing Ships or Kebenit and War Barge rushes. Similarly, Adze of Wepwawet is useful for followers of Nephthys and Osiris, as their Scorpion Man and Mummy myth units, respectively, cost wood. Furthermore, Bast's economic technologies synergize nicely with Thoth's Book of Thoth technology, allowing Laborers to gather resources even better than before.
+Sekhmet's myth unit, the Scarab, is one of the best building-wreckers in the game. Crimson Linen allows all of the player's myth units, especially Scarabs, to regenerate health while attacking enemy units, making them last longer. This makes Scarabs more durable considering their increased max hit points of 900, compared to the original game's 670. Her god power, Citadel, can be used to help defend a neutral area, but is most significant for the population bonus it grants.
-Her myth unit, the Sphinx, is a powerful Classical Age unit, especially when fully upgraded to a Hieracosphinx. These are fast and have excellent crush attack, meaning they can take out units and buildings alike in rushes. They get stronger in later ages and so are worth massing when the player has the resources.
+Her bonuses synergize quite nicely with Bast (only possible under Ra), who provides the Sphinx myth unit that also does decent damage against buildings, as well as the Eclipse god power which strengthens all of the player's myth units, including Scarabs. If Set players pick Thoth for the Mythic Age, his Phoenix myth unit can support the already-powerful Scarabs in destroying buildings. Furthermore, his Valley of the Kings technology makes massing Chariot Archers even easier as long as a Pharaoh is empowering the Migdol Stronghold that is currently training units.
-Bast's god power, Eclipse, can be used to increase her myth unit's attack further and make them move rapidly (7.2 speed), increasing their rushing potential and making them alarmingly dangerous. This god power also allows the player's own Monuments to generate favor more quickly, especially under Isis, as her Monuments generate favor even faster when empowered. Eclipse can be saved for or used again in later ages to boost the attack of stronger myth units granted in later ages, such as Sekhmet's Scarabs, Horus' Avengers, or especially the Titan that the Egyptians otherwise cannot improve in any way.
 ==Mythology==
-{{Quote|A daughter of Ra, Bast was the goddess of the cat, considered a sacred animal in ancient Egypt. She was usually associated with the moon, perhaps because cat eyes can shine in moonlight. A special necropolis at her cult center in Bubastis held huge numbers of mummified cats. Together, Bast and the lioness-headed Sekhmet killed the great serpent Apep that tried to swallow Ra and turn the world into darkness.|In-game compendium}}
+{{Quote|The lion-headed wife of Ptah was a goddess of war and the heat of the desert. Her name means "powerful." She rose to prominence during the second millennium BC, when Egypt engaged in many wars extending its domain and was a leading power in the world. The Egyptians of the era readily worshipped a goddess who was a fierce hunter. Together with Bast, the cat goddess, Sekhmet destroyed Apep, the underworld serpent that attempted to swallow Ra. In one myth, she is sent to wage war on those who thought Ra was getting feeble. She was so effective in spreading ruin that Ra had to trick her into drinking a lake of what appeared to be blood, but was actually beer dyed with pomegranate juice. Sekhmet became intoxicated and humanity was saved.|In-game compendium}}
 ==Trivia==
+* Originally, Sekhmet used a different portrait.
-* Originally, Bast had access to a technology called "Fertility" which decreased the time it took for Egyptian Villagers to train. Fertility was most likely removed due to being too much of a bonus, making the other Classical Age minor gods irrelevant and making Ra and Isis too powerful.
+** Sekhmet originally had a technology called "Red Tide" which was most likely replaced by Stones of Red Linen.
-* She holds a sistrum in her hand, which originated as a sacred percussion instrument in Ancient Egypt.
-* For her beta Retold portrait, the face was based on an African Wild Cat.
 ==List of Gods==