Amenemhet
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- [ ah-mə-NEM-het (English) ]
- Ancient Egyptian
Means "AMON is foremost" in Egyptian. This was the name of four Egyptian pharaohs, including the founder of the 12th dynasty.
 | AMON male Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized) From Αμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian Ymn (reconstructed as Yamanu) which meant "the hidden one". In early Egyptian mythology he was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the god Ra and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deity Amon-Ra. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY: Yamanu |