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Hieroglyphics, All
photographs are copyright Ruth Shilling. |
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The god Montu (see the hieroglyphics of his name to the right of his crown). The
major god at Karnak before Amun. When Amun became major god at Karnak Montu was given
the role of his son. Later Khonsu was given the role of the son. |
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The goddess Sekhmet. The lioness. Consort of Ptah. Statue in the "Temple of Ptah"at Karnak. |
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Hathor in cow form She wears the sacred menat necklace and the solar disk is between her horns. Wall of the Hathor Chapel at Hatshepsut's Deir el-Bahari |
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Hieroglyphics on the Ramesses II obelisk at the entrance of the Luxor Temple.
The other obelisk of the pair stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. |
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Astrological ceiling in a tomb (Ramesses III?) in the
Valley of the Kings. Luxor, West Bank. |
