Amulet of Amon. Source: Wildung, Dietrich. Sudan: Ancient
Kingdoms of the Nile.
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God of the two lands, Nubia and Egypt, and Lord of all the Gods
Amon (or Amun) was the most prominent God in ancient Sudan. Many,
if not most, historians today believe that the worship of
Amon had started in Sudan long before Egypt.1 Most
of the temples were built in honor of this God, including
the largest two temples in Sudan; the Amon temples at Napata
and the Amon temple at Meroe. Moreover, Kushite kings frequently
prayed to Amon for military victories. Thus was Piankhy’s
prayer to God when fighting to conquer of Egypt:
“Yoke the war-hourses! Draw up the line of
battle! Amon is the god who has sent us! He makes the weak
strong, so that a multitude flees before the feeble, and one
man takes a thousand captives. Say to Him 'Give us the way
that we may fight under the shadow of Thy sword. When the
young man whom Thou has sent out make their attack, let multitudes
flee before them.'”2
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