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God's wife, God's servant [electronic resource] : the God's Wife of Amun (c. 740-525 BC) / Mariam F. Ayad.

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Drawing on textual, iconographic and archaeological evidence, this book highlights a historically documented (but often ignored) instance, where five single women were elevated to a position of supreme religious authority. The women were Libyan and Nubian royal princesses who, consecutively, held th...

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Main Author: Ayad, Mariam F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Subjects:
Amon > (Egyptian deity) > Cult.
Temple of Amon (Karnak, Egypt)
Mut > (Egyptian deity)
Egypt > History > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > Religious life and customs.
Princesses > Egypt > History.
Titles of honor and nobility > Egypt > History.
Royal houses > Egypt > History.
Egypt > History > Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Amon > (Egyptian deity)
Antiquities.
Cults.
Princesses.
Royal houses.
Titles of honor and nobility.
Egypt.
History.

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Call Number: BL2450.A45 A93 2009eb
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