The New York Obelisk Cleopartras Needle With a Preliminary Sketch of the Hist
The New York Obelisk Cleopartras Needle With a Preliminary Sketch of the Hist
Charles Edward Moldenke
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29 Hor-Khuti\ the sim of noon as tlie same deity wearing the donble crown of Egypt, called Hor or Hor-Kliuti-, the sun of evening as a hnman-faced deity with the donble crown of Egypt, called Tum or Atum-, and the invisible sun of night as a hnman-faced deity with the sacred scarab above it, called Kheper or Fta7i-8oMr- Osirls. These fonr deities also represented the beginning of the fonr seasons of the year: the vernal eqninox, the snmmer solstice, the antnmnal equinox, and the win- 'ter solst...ice. Some other names and forms under 'which the sun was wor- shiped are, besides the above, Amnen-Rd (in Thebes), 8ebeli-Rd (in Ombos), and Khniim- Rd (in Elephantine). Preme importance attached to the /-- sun by the ancient Egyptians. But Kimum-Ea. Why should they have selected the sun as their princi- pal deity? All the pictures, in which the sun or the sun- god is represented, give us the answer. On them it will be noticed that each deity holds in one of its hands the sign -^ idjikli) meaning "life", and in a tomb at Tel-el- Amarna we find the sun represented with rays termi- nating in human hands and touching the lips of Ameno- phis IV.
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