Sunday, December 28, 2008

Amen... I Mean Amun

Mark A Cella is a world renowned archeologist and professor of Egyptology as Cal State Dominguez University in Los Angeles. He’s led over a dozen digs and expeditions to the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings over the past fifteen years.

Today: Amun

Amun was an important god, but there are no stories about him. He created all things. At the same time, he remained apart from creation, totally different from it, and fully independent from it. In fact, he was invisible, so you couldn't have a picture of him! However, if you called him Amun-Re, this allowed people to see him. Then he had a hat with ostrich feathers on, and like all gods with human heads, a beard. Re is another way of spelling Ra, the sun god.

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