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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Egyptian_-_Statue_of_Amun-Re_-_Walters_54413.jpg/640px-Egyptian_-_Statue_of_Amun-Re_-_Walters_54413.jpg[/IMG] God Amun Ra Amun was one of the most important deities in ancient Egypt. He was worshiped at Thebes (in southern Egypt) from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom (2046 BC). The Egyptians considered him to be "King of the Gods" and divine father of the pharaoh. He was also worshiped in Nubia and was the principal god of the Kushite empire (in present-day Sudan). The style of the figure clarifies that it was made when the Kushites ruled both Egypt and Nubia. The god wears his characteristic feather-crown combined with the solar disk of the sun-god Re. The attributes he would originally have held were probably the symbols for prosperity ("was") and life ("ankh"). [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Egyptian_-_Pendants_in_the_Shape_of_Amun-Re_and_Nefertem_-_Walters_571416%2C_571418.jpg/640px-Egyptian_-_Pendants_in_the_Shape_of_Amun-Re_and_Nefertem_-_Walters_571416%2C_571418.jpg[/IMG] The taller statuette represents the god Amun-Re in a standing posture with his left foot forward. He is dressed in a divine pleated shendyt, and wears the divine chin-beard, and a large feather crown combined with the sun-disk. The pendant has a base with two lines of inscription, and a loop on the back of the crown for suspension. The other pendant represents Nefertem standing, left foot advanced, with fine incised lines marking the shendyt, the heavy wig and the decoration of the counterpoises on the headdress. There is a very large suspension loop behind the lotus, and an inscription on the base. The surface is partially well preserved, the top of the feathers are broken off. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Statuette_of_Amun_Hildesheim.jpg/640px-Statuette_of_Amun_Hildesheim.jpg[/IMG] Amun statuette with shuti feathers, from Thebes. 19th-20th dynasty. Wood, bronze, gold. H 42.3 cm. IN 4553. Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim [/QB][/QUOTE]
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