Sunday, January 20, 2013

Temple of Amun

Temple of Amun at a distance of 4 kilometers east of the current town of Siwa, and it is said that famous Greek 
soothsayer Amon he lived went directly to Alexander the Great after his arrival in Egypt for the first time in 331 BC. Many believe that the Macedonian leader had asked Arraf whether temple "will judge the world", and answer the priest was "Yes, but not for long." There in the temple lobby and huge front yard. and close to the temple in the south, you can access to the Temple of Amun, which dates back to the Thirtieth Dynasty.

Sometimes the name of the sun god Amon Ra paired as to become Amun - Ra, especially when he was referred to as the "king of the gods" from the eighteenth dynasty, where he was sentenced heavens Dinah ancient Egyptian god Ra.When the transfer of Amenemhat I capital to Atjtawi (at the edge of the Delta; yet to be discovered and can be Liszt) increased importance of this pairing excelled politically and theologically, which makes sense for god superior Kamon, who was also nicknamed "King of the mitral earths

In ancient Greek was Amun -  Re sometimes depicts the head of a bearded man and the body of a scarab, and hawk wings and feet of humans and claws of a lion, with a view to give many different recipes on it.

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