The animal statue on the long table was about 35 centimeters tall and 20 centimeters wide. It wasn't the common style of Egyptian pottery. It was much finer, and this ram's head — even though it was also a ram's head, there were many different shapes in Egyptian civilization, representing different gods and different times of the day.
Fordner had never seen this ram head before. It was not in his memory.
The most special thing about it was the pair of ram horns.
Just like some of the sacred texts that involved ram heads and horns, most ram horns in Egyptian civilization were flat with a little undulating line, or both sides of the horns were curled up.
But this pair of ram horns was curved like a swirling vortex, and it looked like a uterus — just like the sacred text of the word "uterus".
"George …" Fordner could not help but say. He already had a judgment in his mind. "A ram horn shaped like a uterus. This doesn't look like an Egyptian work."
"Yes, yes … I think so too. Uterus …" Edwin mumbled. "It's Nubian, Kushite …"
They knew a lot about Egyptian civilization, but Paul Harding did not understand much. Bashir and Ella were even more confused.
"What do you mean?" Bashir asked, wary of their dirty thoughts. "You said this is not the real thing?"
"No, it's not that." Fordner looked at the pottery statue and wanted to take a closer look, but Edwin had temporarily occupied his spot. "A ram head with a lion body. Generally speaking, it represents Amon, the sun god. But this pottery statue is different. It's not the common ram horns, and it's not Amon's horns either …"
"This pottery statue is not Amon, the sun god?" Paul Harding heard something and thought about it. "Is it the Kushite sun god?"
"Yes, Paul, I think it's possible," Fordner replied.
"You better explain it to us," Ella said impatiently. Ella was a little impatient. In her heart, she was sure that this was the other party's way of lowering the price, and they were still putting on a show. "What Sun God? Say it. Don't think that we don't understand."
Edwin completely ignored their words. His gloved hands were gently touching the surface of the pottery statue, as if he was intoxicated and crazy.
Fordner took a deep breath. Those were just some thoughts for the time being. He tried his best to explain as simply as possible, "God Amon is the Egyptian sun god, but the original image of God Amon did not have ram horns. The ram horns element was only created after the Egyptians conquered the Kushi Kingdom in the Nubian region. They absorbed the Kushi's sun god and possibly the ram head image of Knum, the god of the source of the Nile. Only then did God Amon begin to have ram horns."
"Later on, Khnum became the ram god in the Egyptian pantheon. Legend has it that he created humans. Every human that came to the world was a baby that Khnum created with mud and then placed into their mother's womb."
"As for the name of the Kushites' Sun God, it's long been lost. The calendar calls it Nubia Amon."
The more Fordner said this, the more chaotic his mind became, and the more intense the feeling of being in a trance became.
Once again, he seemed to see the ram horns in the shape of the Gemini Temple turning, but when he calmed down, it was just an ancient pottery statue.
"So … you know, this is the Nubian region, and the Kushi Kingdom used to be on this land. At the beginning of the New Kingdom, Egypt conquered Kushi, which happened around 1500 BC. Although Kushi became an important province of Egypt, whether it was culture, economy, or other aspects, it became more and more symbiotic from the initial colonial relationship.
However, there had always been various rebellions in the Kushi region, especially in the 200 years between the New Kingdom. There were many rebellions of different sizes. Later, around 1075 BC, the New Kingdom collapsed, and the Kushites regained their independence. A few hundred years later, they even conquered Egypt and established the 25th Dynasty.
It was also because of this that the ram horn image of God Amon became stable. In addition, it continued to gradually merge with Ra to become God Amon Ra, known as the King of God.
Because of Ra, this is also the Sun God, Ra's appearance in the evening is considered to be the ram god Knum.
So this pottery statue is the Sun God, but it is not God Amon, not the god of the Egyptians. Compared to Amon, it is more like Ra, like Knum, like Nubia Amon, is the god of the Kushites … If this is the case, then it can explain that line of text … "
Fordner was lost in his own words, and some of his thoughts were connected.
"The rebels of the king, the rebels of the Sun God Amon, used stones and diseases to kill Imhotep and his followers, and built a new world ruled by the ram god Sun God. The former Sun God was the Egyptian Amon, and the latter Sun God was the Kushite … I don't know the name of the god. In Egypt and the Kushi civilization, the name of the god has power. If the name of the god is taken, then the god has fallen. The name 'Nubia Amon' was taken by Amon.
They believed that calling the name of the god would give them power, and all sacrificial activities are inseparable from the name of the god. From a political point of view, if the name of 'Nubia Amon' was taken away, then the Kushite civilization would lose its independence and be gradually absorbed … So even though the Kushites later regained their country and even became the masters of Egypt, they still used 'Amon' and 'Amon Ra' as the names of the Sun God they worshipped.
Nubia Amon has already fallen … "
Fordner said these messy words, and the ram horns in the shape of the Gemini Temple seemed to be spinning his heart.
"Alright, alright." Ella stopped listening and said angrily, "Just say it. How much do you want for this pottery statue?"
"Here … there are words of the Holy Book …" Edwin suddenly said softly, with a hint of urgency and fanaticism. "This is a name … Herry, come over and take a look. The modifier of this name is' bestows life '… This is the name of a god!"
Fordner's heart suddenly jumped. He saw that Edwin was already holding the pottery statue with both hands, his legs bent and almost kneeling on the ground. His eyes were fixed on a part of the statue, and only a corner of it could be seen. It was a line of words of the Holy Book.
The modifier at the front was @ #, bestows life …
That was the name of 'Nubia Amon' …
"George!" Fordner did not know why he shouted. His whole body was trembling, and his voice was trembling. "Don't!"
Paul Smith, Bashir, and Ella were still confused. Edwin, who was sitting at the table, began to chant something in a hoarse and frantic voice. It was so strange that it did not sound like a human.
“Ia！ The true Sun God, the creator of all things, the black goat of the forest that gave birth to thousands of descendants! "
Following this call, the rectangular object covered by the nylon cloth at the back of the tent slowly moved.
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