The Theban Triad is a triad of Egyptian gods most popular in the area of Thebes, Egypt. The group consisted of Amun, his consort Mut and their son Khonsu...
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triads: the Osirian (or Abydos) triad of Osiris (husband), Isis (wife), and Horus (son), the Theban triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu the Memphite triad of...
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Khonsu (category Theban Triad)
in all living creatures. At Thebes, he formed part of a family triad (the "Theban Triad") with Mut as his mother and Amun his father. Khonsu's name means...
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Karnak (category Theban Triad)
Selected of Places") and the main place of worship of the 18th Dynastic Theban Triad, with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of...
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Amun (category Theban Triad)
and the Moon god Khonsu as their son formed the divine family or the "Theban Triad". The history of Amun as the patron god of Thebes begins in the 20th...
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The Luxor Temple was built during the New Kingdom and dedicated to the Theban Triad consisted of Amun, his consort Mut, and their son Khonsu. The focus of...
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Mut (category Theban Triad)
the family of Amun-Ra, Mut and Khonsu were worshipped together as the Theban Triad. In art, Mut was usually depicted as a woman wearing the double crown...
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known in Egyptian as njw.t-jmn, the "City of Amun", the chief of the Theban Triad of deities whose other members were Mut and Khonsu. This name of Thebes...
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common belief is that Amun-Ra was invented as a new state-deity by the Theban rulers of the New Kingdom to unite worshippers of Amun with the older cult...
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innovation in the reign of Hatshepsut: papers from the Theban Workshop 2010. Occasional proceedings of the Theban Workshop. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute...
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