Relief, Karnak Temple, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt

Amon-Min, god of fertility, with erect phallus, false beard and tall crown, holding hekha (crook) and nekhakha (flail), and hieroglyph inscriptions, relief, in the barque shrine, in the Precinct of Amun-Re, at the Karnak Temple Complex, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. On the right, an image of Hatshepsut has been removed by chiselling in the time of Tuthmosis III. The site was developed c. 2055 BC - 100 AD, from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Kingdom and most of the buildings date to the New Kingdom, dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Amun-re Chiselled Crook El-karnak Erect Erection Fertility Flail Hatshepsut Hieroglyph Hieroglyphic Ipet-isut Karnak Luxor Nekhakha Phallus Precinct Removed Thebes Waset

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