GoKawiilEgyptologists still unable to identify the animal behind Set's head
Ancient Egyptian art repeatedly depicts the god Set with the head of an unidentified creature, a figure the Greeks dubbed the 'Typhonic beast' and modern scholars call the 'Set animal.' Unlike other gods such as Horus (falcon) or Anubis (jackal), no real-world species has been matched to Set's depiction despite centuries of study.