Amun, worshipped by the Greeks as Ammon , had a temple and a statue, the gift of Pindar d. At Aphytis , Chalcidice, Amun was worshipped, from the time of Lysander d.

Pindar the poet honored the god with a hymn. At Megalopolis the god was represented with the head of a ram Paus. Such was its reputation among the Classical Greeks that Alexander the Great journeyed there after the battle of Issus and during his occupation of Egypt, where he was declared "the son of Amun" by the oracle.

Alexander thereafter considered himself divine. Even during this occupation, Amun, identified by these Greeks as a form of Zeus , [27] continued to be the principal local deity of Thebes.

Several words derive from Amun via the Greek form, Ammon , such as ammonia and ammonite. The Romans called the ammonium chloride they collected from deposits near the Temple of Jupiter-Amun in ancient Libya sal ammoniacus salt of Amun because of proximity to the nearby temple.

Both these foraminiferans shelled Protozoa and ammonites extinct shelled cephalopods bear spiral shells resembling a ram's, and Ammon's, horns.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ancient Egyptian god. For other uses, see Amun disambiguation. For the Belgian band, see Amenra.

For the American football player, see Amon-Ra St. Typical depiction of Amun during the New Kingdom, with two plumes on his head, the ankh symbol and the was sceptre.

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Warsaw, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. Redford, Donald B. Located within the outer precincts of the complex are a number of other structures, some of which are accessible to the public.

The sacred lake was where priests purified themselves before performing rituals in the temple. The sound and light show is now viewed from a seating area next to the lake.

This small temple lies to the north of the main Amun temple, just within the boundary wall. The building was later enlarged by the Ptolemies.

Also known as the Temple of the Hearing Ear this temple is located to the east of the main complex, on the east—west alignment. It was built during the reign of Ramesses II.

This temple is an example of an almost complete New Kingdom temple, and was originally constructed by Ramesses III , on the site of an earlier temple the construction seems to be mentioned in the Harris Papyrus.

Several of the pylons reused earlier structures in their core. In the Open Air Museum, located in the Northwest corner of the complex, there are reconstructions of some of these earlier structures, notable amongst them the Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut , and the White Chapel of Senusret I.

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The University of Memphis. Retrieved Archived from the original on Legrain's "K" numbers". Amun was part of the Thebean triad along with Mut and Khonsu a triad was a group of three gods including a mother, a father and a child.

He started as a deity worshiped only in Thebes. After the pharaohs moved their capital to Thebes, Amun became a major god.

During the Eighteenth Dynasty, he assimilated with Ra and grew in importance. Many of the Eighteenth Dynasty kings commissioned frescos showing Amun-Ra fathering them.

Unter Amenophis IV. Die ikonografische Darstellung symbolisierte zunächst die Attribute des Min und des Amun. Zumeist trägt Amun-Re die Doppelfederkrone, die von einem Stirnband gehalten wird.

Entsprechend erweiterte sich nun seine ikonografische Darstellung mit dem Tempel des Min und den Pflanzen des Lattichgartens. In der frühen Als Schöpfergott gehört er zu der Achtheit von Hermopolis und wird, wie die drei anderen männlichen Gottheiten, als Schlange dargestellt die weiblichen als Frösche.

In der Der Stier war mit seiner sexuellen Kraft ein Symbol für Fruchtbarkeit, weshalb Amun auch als Fruchtbarkeitsgott verehrt wurde.