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Amon and Taharqa priest of Amon
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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Modified link of Web site: Livius - Ammon (deity). Aug 29, 2026
Add new Web site: Academia - The Amun Cult and Its Development in Nubia (PDF). May 24, 2025
Add new Web site: DIGITAL.CSIC - EA 164 and the God Amun (PDF). Apr 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Tour Egypt - Amun and Amun-Re. Apr 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Livius - Ammon (deity). Jan 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Amon is the God of all Africa: Meroitic Kush and the Akan. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Amon. Sep 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Egypt Online - Amun. May 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Mythica - Ammon. Mar 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Amun, The Creator God Whose Supremacy Surpassed Egypt. Jan 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Mythopedia - Amun. Sep 14, 2022
Add new Web site: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum - Amun. Jul 18, 2022
Corrected display issue. Feb 05, 2020
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Amun. Oct 04, 2017
Add new Web site: Egyptian Gods and Goddesses - Amun. Mar 10, 2017
Add new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids - Amon. Aug 26, 2013
Added image of a statue of a priest of Amon, Thebes, Egypt, 4th century BCE. Oct 06, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jul 10, 2008
Added new Web site: AncientWorlds - Temple of Amun, Egypt. Apr 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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