Amen Egyptian Gods on Egypt Tour and Nile Cruise

Enjoy an Egypt tour and Nile cruise to learn about the Egyptian gods such as Amen
For the first years of their joint rule as King and Queen, Cleopatra took all control of Egypt away from Ptolemy. Amon was originally a local god from Thebes and became popular in the New Kingdom when kings from there came to power.
Also known as Anpu and Sekhem em Pet. Father of Shu and Tefnut, and in later times believed to be one with the sun god Ra. She was also a great healer and magician. Chons, the third member (with his parents Amen and Mut) of the great triad of Thebes.
In 48 BC, three years into their rule, Ptolemy recognized that Cleopatra was taking his power away from him. His name meant - "the hidden one", suggesting that he once had been an invisible natural spirit of some sort.
He was the messenger from the gods to humankind. Bast was a cat-goddess, worshiped in the Delta city of Bubastis. She got her magic powers by a trick. Khons was the god of the moon. Encouraged by his advisors, he drove Cleopatra the 7th into exile.
He was thought to be self-created and was incorporated with the old myths of how the whole world originally came to be. Usually pictured with the head of a jackal. A protectress of cats and those who cared for cats.
See the egyptian gods like amen and shu on an egypt tour with a nile cruise.