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Amun

Also known as Amún, Amon Ra, Amen, Amon, Ammon

Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. His oracle in Siwa Oasis, located in Western Egypt near the Libyan Desert, remained the only oracle of Amun throughout. With the 11th Dynasty ( BC), Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.

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Amun was one of the most important gods in ancient Egypt, worshipped from the earliest periods and eventually becoming the chief deity of Thebes starting around the 11th Dynasty. His influence extended across Egypt through his famous oracle at Siwa Oasis in the western desert, and he was typically depicted as part of Egyptian religious traditions alongside his divine consort Amunet.

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Deity.type: Egyptian
Deity.name: Amun
Deity.image: Amun post Amarna (azure skin color).svg
Deity.caption: After the Amarna period, Amun was painted with blue skin, symbolizing his association with air and primeval creation. Amun was also depicted in a wide variety of other forms.
Deity.hiero: Amun:i-mn:n-C12 Amun-Ra: i-mn:n:ra*Z1-C12 Amun-Ra written in a Cartouche:
Deity.cult_center: Thebes, Hermopolis, (as a member of the Ogdoad)
Deity.symbol: two vertical plumes, the ram-headed Sphinx (Criosphinx)
Deity.offspring: KhonsuHarparaTjenenyetDionysus (Libyan)
Deity.Greek_equivalent: Zeus
Deity.temple: Siwa Oasis
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Jupiter

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Contents

Early history
Temple at Karnak
New Kingdom
Identification with Min and Ra
Amarna Period
Theology
Third Intermediate Period
Theban High Priests of Amun
Decline
Iron Age and classical antiquity
Nubia and Sudan
Siwa Oasis and Libya
Levant
Greece
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

Initially possibly one of eight deities in the Hermopolite creation myth, his worship expanded. After the rebellion of Thebes against the Hyksos and with the rule of Ahmose I (16th century BC), Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra (alternatively spelled Amon-Ra or Amun-Re). On his own, he was also thought to be the king of the gods.