These deities represented a divine family: Amun, the chief god of Thebes ... also known as the Eye of Horus, a symbol believed to offer healing powers and rebirth. Ancient Egyptians often wore ...

Fragments of a statue found at a 1st-century site bear faint traces of a ram’s head and may depict the god Amun. In its 3,000-year history as a state, ancient Egypt had a complicated ...

His sacred animals were the ram and the goose, both symbols of virility - which was one of Amun's characteristics. During the Middle Kingdom he was identified with the god Re, as Amen-Re ...

Located on a bend in the Nile in northern Sudan’s Nubia region, Jebel Barkal (Pure Mountain) was believed by ancient Egyptians to be the place the god Amun dwelled. There is an abundance of rich, ...

While exploring a canal off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, underwater archaeologists discovered a sunken temple and a sanctuary brimming with ancient treasures linked to the god Amun and the ...