Egypt · Hidden power, and empire
Amun ỉmn
Also written Amen and Ammon.
- God of
- Hidden power, and empire
- Recognised by
- A man in a tall plumed crown, sometimes with a ram's head
- Chief cult centre
- Karnak
His name means the hidden one, and he rose from a local Theban god to the state god of an empire, fused with Ra as Amun-Ra. The priesthood of Karnak became a political power in its own right.
Egyptian sources What Egyptians wrote, on walls, coffins and papyri. What that means
In the correspondence web
Herodotus gives the Greek name of Amun as Zeus, in Book II, 42. Amun in the correspondence web, with the sentence it rests on.