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...

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...

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...

Kalunga-Ngombé Kimanaueze Kishi kianda Musisi Sudika-Mbambi Amesemi Amon Apedemak Arensnuphis Dedun Mandulis Mehit Menhit Sebiumeker Kwoth Kahindo Kasiyembe...

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...

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...

lion-headed god warrior Apedemak. The iconography displayed throughout the temple is widely considered to have derived from a similar Apedemak temple located in...

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...

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...

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...