Who was she? Discover the God’s Wife of Amun, a female role with extraordinary power, comparable to the medieval pope and endowed with great wealth. National Corporate funding for NOVA is ...

The statues of Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, and Khonsu may have been worn as amulets. Despite their hierarchical society, jewelry was for everyone in ancient Egypt. The poorest farmers and the richest ...

Amun, the ruler god of Thebes, Mut, his wife and mother goddess, and their son Khonsu, Moon god. Initially, the statuettes had been considered for wearing as amulets with the possibility being ...

The collection includes rings made of gold and other metals, small gold amulets—among them a triad statue of the ancient Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, and Khonsu—as well as a metal brooch ...