. Kings and gods of Egypt . rded as the son and heir of the gods, and inparticular as the successor of Amon-Ra, the patrongod of Thebes, which had become the capital ofEgypt under the New Empire. Upon the templewalls were sculptured the scenes which testified tothe begetting of the King by the At Luxor,for example, was represented the carnal unionof Amon with the Queen Moutemoua, mother ofAmenophis III, the father of our revolutionaryking. Another picture showed the Queen beingdelivered, with the help of the goddesses, andbringing forth a child. Amon, taking the littleKing in his arms, a
. Kings and gods of Egypt . rded as the son and heir of the gods, and inparticular as the successor of Amon-Ra, the patrongod of Thebes, which had become the capital ofEgypt under the New Empire. Upon the templewalls were sculptured the scenes which testified tothe begetting of the King by the At Luxor,for example, was represented the carnal unionof Amon with the Queen Moutemoua, mother ofAmenophis III, the father of our revolutionaryking. Another picture showed the Queen beingdelivered, with the help of the goddesses, andbringing forth a child. Amon, taking the littleKing in his arms, acknowledged him as his son andnamed him his Probably the birth ofAmenophis IV had been illustrated in the sameway, the same things being said and done, as aimony to the divine origin of the Pharaoh, andto his right to govern mm. Moreover a1 t his period, a1 the end of the XVIIIthdynasty, Anion had earned new rights to thegrati- <nih\ p. i).\ Moret, /// xinti Irrr rr!n;irnx <lr la royaulc pkorooniqu*, p. 30 ei. s 30 l2 M
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