Young Amun-Ra-Min Tests His Divine Horns

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Amun-Ra is a major ancient Egyptian deity, known as the king of the gods and a creator god. He was originally worshiped in Thebes and later merged with the sun god Ra, becoming a central figure in Egyptian religion during the New Kingdom.

https://www.worldhistory.org/amun/

Amun (also Amon, Ammon, Amen, Amun-Ra) is the ancient Egyptian god of the sun and air. He is one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt who rose to prominence at Thebes at the beginning of the period of the New Kingdom (c. 1570-1069 BCE). His cult was the most powerful and popular in Egypt for centuries. He is usually depicted as a bearded man wearing a headdress with a double plume or, after the New Kingdom, as a ram-headed man or simply a ram, symbolizing fertility in his role as Amun-Min.

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Goats and Rams have a common ancester, but today they belong to different species within the same family.

I interpret Amun-Ra-Min to be the common capra ancester. It is now extinct, but no doubt it tested its horns in a similar way a modern young goat does.

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