This work investigates a temple identified at site M8 at Thonis-Heracleion, which was located on an island or a peninsula at the point where the waters of the Nile met the Mediterranean Sea. This book presents a remarkable range of inscribed bronze objects engraved with royal and divine names were discovered within its demolition layer. Offering theological rather than physical protection, the divine forces, including Khonsu-Thoth and Neith, were deployed alongside military forces that were also located at the Canopic gate. This study brings together a range of material evidence for these theological defences.

Theological Defences of the Canopic Gate in the Saïte Period (Underwater Archeology in the Canopic Region in Egypt)

History

von Bomhard, Anne-Sophie

Ancient Civilizations

Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology

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Theological Defences of the Canopic Gate in the Saïte Period (Underwater Archeology in the Canopic Region in Egypt)