Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife...
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Amun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Amun (Amun-Ra, Amon, Ammon, Amen, Amoun, or Hammon) is an Egyptian god. Amun may also refer to: Saint Amun,...
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of the Two Horizons". When the god Amun rose to prominence during Egypt's New Kingdom, he was fused with Ra as Amun-Ra. The cult of the Mnevis bull, an...
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Karnak (section Precinct of Amun-Re)
the main place of worship of the 18th Dynastic Theban Triad, with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of Thebes, and in 1979 it...
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Anya Corazon (redirect from Amun (comics))
heroes. Soon afterward, Anya fights Amun and, in anger, nearly strangles Amun to death. She is stopped and Amun runs. She learns she had released "the...
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Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun (ḥm nṯr tpj n jmn) was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun. The first...
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The Mummy (1999 film) (redirect from Book of amun-ra)
American leading them to Hamunaptra where she hopes to find the golden Book of Amun-Ra. The group soon finds themselves competing with another expedition, guided...
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (section Amun shrine)
twin functions: its central east-west axis served to receive the barque of Amun-Re at the climax of the festival, while its north-south axis represented...
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Akhenaten (redirect from Amun-hotpe IV)
reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp, meaning "Amun is satisfied", Hellenized as Amenophis IV). As a pharaoh, Akhenaten is noted...
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Amun-her-khepeshef (died c. 1254 BC; also Amonhirkhopshef, Amun-her-wenemef and Amun-her-khepeshef A) was the firstborn son of Pharaoh Ramesses II and...
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for the ancient Egyptian deity Amun. Amun was the fifth Aten asteroid to be numbered. Photometric observations of 3554 Amun during 2017–2018 were combined...
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Tutankhamun (redirect from Living Image of Amun)
recorded on what is today known as the “Restoration Stela.” The cult of the god Amun at Thebes was restored to prominence, and the royal couple changed their...
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Siwa Oasis (redirect from Oasis of Amun-Ra)
the home to an oracle of Amun, the ruins of which are a popular tourist attraction, giving it the ancient name Oasis of Amun-Ra, after the major Egyptian...
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Amun Abdullahi Mohammed (Somali: Amuun Cabdulaahi Maxamed Koraaye, Arabic: أمون عبدالله ; 23 October 1974 – 19 October 2024) was a Somali-Swedish journalist...
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Thebes, Egypt (category Amun)
of Amun. The Theban god Amun became a principal state deity and every building project sought to outdo the last in proclaiming the glory of Amun and...
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formed part of a family triad (the "Theban Triad") with Mut as his mother and Amun his father. Khonsu's name means 'traveller' and therefore reflects the fact...
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The Precinct of Amun-Re, located near Luxor, Egypt, is one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak Temple Complex. The precinct...
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Fanny Ikhayere Amun (born 1 October 1962) is a Nigerian former football player and coach. He led the Nigeria national under-17 team to victory at the 1993...
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Jebel Barkal (section Temple of Amun and Temple of Mut)
Egyptians built a complex of temples at the site, centered on a temple to Amun of Napata—a local, ram-headed form of the main god of the Egyptian capital...
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Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun is a novel written by Moyra Caldecott in 1989. It was first published in Great Britain in 1989 as a paperback by Arrow Books...
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God's Wife of Amun (Egyptian: ḥm.t nṯr n ỉmn) was the highest-ranking priestess of the Amun cult, an important religious institution in ancient Egypt...
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Dwight York (redirect from Amun Nebu Re)
Dwight D. York (born June 26, 1945), also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi, et alii, is an American criminal, black supremacist, pedophile...
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Luxor (video game) (redirect from Luxor: Amun Rising)
with the initial release in 2005. The first sequel to this game was Luxor: Amun Rising, which was released in 2005 followed by Luxor 2, which was released...
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The Temple of Amun is an archaeological site at Jebel Barkal in Northern State, Sudan. It is situated about 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Khartoum near...
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Amenhotep (Ỉmn-ḥtp; "Amun is pleased" or "Amun is satisfied") is an ancient Egyptian name. Its Greek version is Amenophis (Ἀμένωφις). Its notable bearers...
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Amunet (category Amun)
a counterpart who is entitled with the same name, but in the masculine, Amun. They were thought to have existed prior to the beginning of creation along...
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Ken-Amun was overseer of the royal records during the 19th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. He was married to a woman named Isis, who was a singer of the god...
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Amun-her-khepeshef (also Amun-her-khepeshef B) was the eldest son and appointed heir of Pharaoh Ramesses III. Like at least another of his brothers, he...
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Naqa (section Temple of Amun)
Mediterranean world and Africa. The site has two notable temples, one devoted to Amun and the other to Apedemak which also has a Roman kiosk nearby. With Meroë...
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ancient Kush at the fourth cataract of the Nile founded by the Egyptian Amun cult for Egyptian pilgrims given by its, as suggested, Egyptian name. It...
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