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- proper noun One of the earliest Egyptian gods. He is said to be the source of the Nile River.
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Examples
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There were two nilometers on Elephantine: one a pit-style one dedicated to Khnum, the god of the source of the Nile; and another more like a staircase leading down to the river, dedicated to Satet.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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On Elephantine—it used to be called Abu back in the day—there are a couple of temples to Khnum and to Satet.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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On Elephantine—it used to be called Abu back in the day—there are a couple of temples to Khnum and to Satet.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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In 31 tombs dating to around 2030-1840 B. C, archeologists discovered scenes of different ancient Egyptian deities, such as the falcon-headed Horus, Hathor, Khnum and Amun, decorating some of the tombs.
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While Kira had never had the chance to visit Aswan in her studies, she knew that several excavations had uncovered and restored temples to Satet and Khnum.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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While Kira had never had the chance to visit Aswan in her studies, she knew that several excavations had uncovered and restored temples to Satet and Khnum.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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There were two nilometers on Elephantine: one a pit-style one dedicated to Khnum, the god of the source of the Nile; and another more like a staircase leading down to the river, dedicated to Satet.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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They shared the tight space in the fortress of Elephantine with the temple of the Egyptian god Khnum and in the year 410 the priests of that deity connived with the local Persian governor, Vidranga, to destroy the Jewish Temple (TAD A4. 7 – 8).
Elephantine. 2009
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Henry Austin's Egyptian Revival wall and gate at New Haven's Grove Street Cemetery were designed based roughly on the Greco-Roman temple dedicated to the god Khnum at Esna in southern Egypt and the Greco-Roman temple of the god Thoth at Hermopolis in the Nile Delta.
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The gods depicted below Sekhmet are Horus, Khnum and Sobek.
hernesheir commented on the word Khnum
Egyptian god who made the bodies of children from clay on a potter's wheel. When he wasn't being the source of the Nile River.
December 1, 2011
bilby commented on the word Khnum
How swinkful.
December 1, 2011