Apedemak or Apademak (originally, due to the absence of the /p/ phoneme in Meroitic, it was probably pronounced 'abedemak' ) was a major deity in the ancient...
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Naqa (section Temple of Apedemak)
The site has two notable temples, one devoted to Amun and the other to Apedemak which also has a Roman kiosk nearby. With Meroë and Musawwarat es-Sufra...
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capital moved to Meroe, and the focus shifted to indigenous deities like Apedemak. By the mid-4th century, the region's conversion to Christianity marked...
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Kalunga-Ngombé Kimanaueze Kishi kianda Musisi Sudika-Mbambi Amesemi Amon Apedemak Arensnuphis Dedun Mandulis Mehit Menhit Sebiumeker Kwoth Kahindo Kasiyembe...
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Amesemi is a Kushite protective goddess and wife of Apedemak, the lion-god. She was represented with a crown shaped as a falcon, or with a crescent moon...
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there is some evidence that he may have been identical with the lion-god Apedemak worshipped in Nubia and Egypt's Western Desert. Maahes was considered the...
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lion-headed god warrior Apedemak. The iconography displayed throughout the temple is widely considered to have derived from a similar Apedemak temple located in...
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main features of the site include the Great Enclosure, the Lion Temple of Apedemak and the Great Reservoir. Most significant is the number of representations...
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of war, not a native god Anuke, a goddess of war and consort of Anhur Apedemak, the lion god of war: he is sometimes depicted with three heads Bast, cat-headed...
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Meroitic people worshiped the Egyptian gods as well as their own, such as Apedemak and the lion-son of Sekhmet (or Bast). Meroë was the base of a flourishing...
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