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Amon-Re was considered to be the king of the gods

Amun and Ra were eventually combined into the chief god Amun-Ra

AMON WAS ORIGINALLY A MEMBER OF THE HOLY TRIAD OF THE CITY OF THEBES

Re, known also as Amon-Re when associated with Amon, and alternatively as Amon-Zeus during the Hellenic period.

RA WAS FATHER OF ALL GODS

HE GOES BY MANY NAMES

GOD OF THE SUN

Isis Is the daughter of Amon Ra

he Egypt god Amon-Re was known only as Amon, or Amen and sometimes Amun. Amon was often associated with such symbols as the ram, the goose and the bull

IN SOME AREAS OF THE EGYPT , THE POPULAR BELIEF WAS THAT AMON WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE WORLD AND MANKIND

uring the reign of Akhenaten, the pharaoh attempted to set aside worship of Amon and replace the deity with another, the sun god Aten

Amon Re and Mut had joined in marriage

IS THE ZEUS OF ANCIENT EYGPT

During the New Kingdom he gained such power that it is almost possible to argue that Egypt had become a monotheistic state

Amen-Ra was the principle god of the Kingdom of Napata (Nubia)

Amun was associated with a number of animals

Amun was one of the eight ancient Egyptian gods who formed the Ogdoad of Hermopolis

Amun is described as the primeval creator in the Pyramid Texts

He is the oldest and the most worshipped ruler of ancient Egypt.

He is the oldest and the most worshipped ruler of ancient Egypt.

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JOSEPH A. TAPIA