Apedemak Temple

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Illustration

Jan van der Crabben
by Zamani Project
published on 19 September 2012
Apedemak Temple Download Full Size Image

Lion Temple to the Nubian deity Apedemak in Musawwarat (modern-day Sudan).

Apedemak was worshipped in Nubia by Meroitic peoples, and Musawwarat appears to have been its central temple. The deity had only a small influence on the Egyptian pantheon.

3D reconstruction courtesy of the Zamani Project.

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Project, Z. (2012, September 19). Apedemak Temple. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/888/apedemak-temple/

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