Apedemak Temple

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by Zamani Project
published on 19 September 2012

Apedemak Temple — Lion Temple to the Nubian deity Apedemak in Musawwarat (modern-day Sudan).

Apedemak was worshipped in Nubia by Meroitic peoples, and Musawwarat appears to have been its central temple. The deity had only a small influence on the Egyptian pantheon.

3D reconstruction courtesy of the Zamani Project.

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