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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Animals and The Gods of Ancient Egypt




Rams were a symbol of fertility, and as such, the fertility god Heryshef took the form of a ram or a ram-headed man. Khnum the god, who created men on his pottery wheel, also had a ram head. Amun is King of the Gods with the head of a Ram. When Amun was combined with the sun god Ra he was even more powerful. He was then called Amun-Ra.
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