#amun

[buggeeart]

Amun-Ra!🌅🪶🐏

Random burst of energy to design them! I’m pretty satisfied with how he turned out the only thing I may tweak is the shendyt.

+Closeups!

+Height and Ra’s bias…

[thesilicontribesman]

Replica Cast Head of Zeus-Amun, Roman Period (about 100 CE), Liverpool World Museum

Zeus-Amun was a popular god in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. He is a combination of the Egyptian god Amun and the Greek god Zeus. He is usually shown with the ram's horns of Amun and the bearded face of Zeus. In 331 BCE Alexander the Great claimed he was told by an oracle that he was the son of Zeus-Amun.

[tridentandtales]

Greek-Egyptian bronze coin

Obverse: head of Zeus Ammon

Reverse: eagle standing on a thunderbolt

Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ - Of King Ptolemy

221 - 204 BCE

St. Louis Art Museum 219:1991

[egypt-museum]

Granodiorite Head of Amun

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, c. 1336–1327 B.C.

▫ Carved in dark granodiorite, this commanding head of Amun bears features closely aligned with those of Tutankhamun, marking it as a royal commission of his reign. Though acquired in Cairo in 1907, the sculpture was almost certainly created for Karnak, Amun’s great temple at Thebes.

The head belongs to the young king’s programme of restoration, undertaken after the upheavals of the Amarna Period, when Akhenaten had defaced or dismantled the god’s monuments. Here, Amun is restored not only in stone, but in presence; his divine image once again fashioned with care, permanence, and royal authority.

Continuously exhibited and widely published since its acquisition, this fragment stands as a quiet testament to Tutankhamun’s role not merely as a boy king, but as a restorer of tradition, order, and the ancient gods.

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[allsoundsasscreed]

Sound files from Assassin's Creed Origins is now available!

Link to the file is here:

The files are available for download until March 7. On March 8, they'll be removed and replaced with the next game. If you see this post and want the files, download it NOW!

If you don't see the files, that means they're permanently gone and will not be uploaded again. Any messages asking for the files after the end date will be ignored.

March 8, 2026: AC Origins are no longer available for download. Sounds from the next games are now available here.

[blackrainbowblade]

Khonsu, the wanderer, son of Amun. The prince in the moon, god of youth, and master of dreams and divination.

[whencyclopedia]

Ancient Egypt: The Land of the Gods of Balance and Harmony

Egypt thrived for thousands of years (from before circa 6000 BCE to 30 BCE) as an independent nation whose culture was famous for great cultural advances in every area of human knowledge, from the arts to science to technology and religion. The great monuments of ancient Egypt reflect the depth and grandeur of Egyptian culture, which influenced many ancient civilizations, among them Greece and Rome. One of the reasons for the enduring popularity of Egyptian culture is its emphasis on the grandeur of the human experience. Their great monuments, tombs, temples, and artwork all celebrate life and stand as reminders of what once was and what human beings, at their best, are capable of achieving.

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⇒ Ancient Egypt: The Land of the Gods of Balance and Harmony

[zaegreus]

great temple of amun of napata, karima (sudan), october 2022.