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Lord of all the Gods and father to the kings. The God worshipped in ancient Thebes, and resident in Karnak Temple.
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A minor god of the city of Thebes, the cult of which gained prominence through the political rise of the city at the beginning of the New Kingdom. Represented as a man, sometimes ithyphallic.
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God of Luxor. During the New Kingdom, regarded as the king of the gods.
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Egyptian god associated with the state and kingship during the New Kingdom period (1570–1070 B.C.); his cult center was in Thebes
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(Pronounced ‘Amoon'.) Creator god, the ‘hidden one', often identified with Ra.
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The Hidden One, Egyptian Creator, all other Gods are taken as manifestations of his form. Merged with Ra, the Sun God (Amun-Ra,) who in turn assumed the identity of Horus, (Ra-Harahkte.) (See Trinitarian Monotheism, Assimilation, Jesus)
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god of Thebes, "the hidden one," shown in human form with a tall crown of feathers. Sacred animals are the ram and the goose
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A god who's cult center was the temple of Amun at Karnak. He was considered to be king of all the gods and the the creator of all things.
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Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen, Greek Αμμον Ammon, and Άμμον Hammon, Egyptian Yamanu) was the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who gradually rose to become one of the most important deities, before fading into obscurity.
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