Nekhbet (also Nechbet) The goddess Nekhbet is often represented as a vulture, a woman with the head of a vulture or as a woman wearing the Atef-crown. Her primary cult centers were the ancient cities of Nekheb (Elkab) and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), situated on either bank of the Nile in the south of Upper-Egypt. Her name means 'the One of Nekheb.' Her most important epithet, 'the White One of Nekhen', relates her to Hierakonpolis. She is the personification of the White Crown of Upper Egypt, and as such, she is associated with her Lower Egyptian counterpart, Uto. They are often represented together, crowning the king. Vulture-goddess Nekhbet is the goddess of heaven, sometimes related to the sun when she is called 'the Eye of Re' and other times to the moon. She is the protectress of the king and of the nonroyal deceased. As such, she is represented as a vulture extending one wing to the front, the other to the ground, flying above the person she is protecting. The Egyptian Revival style Flourished circa 1820-1850, in architecture and the decorative arts. The style made a comeback during the 1920s, being associated with Art Deco and the interest aroused by the discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922.