Word: theban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...centerpiece of the site is the ruined temple of Mut, surrounded on three sides by a horseshoe-shaped lake called Isheru. The lake is symbolic of the watery abyss in which-according to Theban legend-all life that is to be found on earth originated...
...this suggests that Sekhmet, who was consort to Ptah, the major god of Egypt during an earlier period, became associated and later identified with Mut, mate of the new king of the gods, Amon. The identification got a boost during the reign of Tutankhamen, who revived the once-suppressed Theban religious cult. Manning speculates that Tut's linking of the temples of Mut and Amon may have been a move to bring harmony and prosperity to a weakened and disordered land. Says Manning: "He had to restore order to Egypt if he was going to rule effectively...
...name of a 4th century B.C. Theban general who defeated the Spartans...