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This marble statue depicts a standing-striding figure of the god Min and was found at Hadrian's villa (Tivoli), modern-day Italy. Roman period, circa 130 CE.(State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Relief of Amun-Min from the Temple of Thutmose III (1458-1425 BCE). Deir el-Bahri, Egypt. (Collection of the Luxor Museum)

This detail of a funerary stela depicts Takerseb (extreme right), a priestess of the goddess Min-Re, making an offering to the Egyptian gods and goddesses (from right to left: Osiris, Min, Horus, Anubis, Isis, and Maat). Ptolemaic Period...

The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral part of the people's everyday lives for over 3,000 years. There were over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon, many whose names are well known - Isis, Osiris, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor...

The gods of the ancient Egyptians were always apparent to the people through natural events. The sunrise was Ra emerging from the underworld in his great ship, for example, and the moon was the god Khonsu traveling across the night sky. When...

Amun (also Amon, Ammon, Amen, Amun-Ra) is the ancient Egyptian god of the sun and air. He is one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt who rose to prominence at Thebes at the beginning of the period of the New Kingdom (c. 1570-1069...

Stela Of Padikhered and Tasherimehet, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. Found in Akhmim, Egypt. The British Museum (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia). This double stela was carved for two people - the scribe of Min...

Mondamin (also given as Mon-Daw-Min, The Gift of Corn, and The Origin of Corn) is a tale from the Ojibwe Nation on how the people received corn from the Great Spirit through the vision quest of the young man, Wunzh, and his acts of selflessness...

A samurai helmet with facemask in metal. First half of the 17th century CE. (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)

Chinese literature is among the most imaginative and interesting in the world. The precision of the language results in perfectly realized images whether in poetry or prose and, as with all great literature, the themes are timeless. The Chinese...