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Apedemak or
Apademak (originally, due to the
absence of the /p/
phoneme in Meroitic, it was
probably pronounced 'abademak' (Father king) ) was a major...
- 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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Amesemi is a Ku****e
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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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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- Kalunga-Ngombé
Kimanaueze Kishi kianda Musisi Sudika-Mbambi
Amesemi Amon
Apedemak Arensnuphis Dedun Mandulis Mehit Menhit Sebiumeker Kwoth Kahindo Kasiyembe...
- others.
Although the
people of Meroë also had
southern deities such as
Apedemak, the lion-son of
Sekhmet (or Bast,
depending upon the region), they also...
