Amon
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Amon was first worshipped locally in the southern city of Thebes before assuming a more significant role at the national level during the New Kingdom (c. 1539–1292 BCE). Amon, who was a god of the air, was given the name “Hidden One,” most likely. He was typically shown as a man with a crown on his head that had two vertical plumes. The ram and the goose were his personal animal emblems.
Amon was given credit for the victory when the kings of Thebes overthrew the foreign Hyksos dynasty and restored local Egyptian sovereignty across Egypt. He was the most powerful deity in Egypt when his form with the sun god Re was combined, and he held that status for the majority of the New Kingdom.
One of Egypt’s most popular attractions today is the enormous Amon-Re temple complex at Karnak.
