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28 Cards in this Set
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Amen / Amon
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creation deity; linked to the god Ra as Amen-R / Amon-Ra
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Anubis
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god of embalming
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Apis
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god of fertility
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Aten
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sun god
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Bast
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cat goddess
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Bes
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helps women in child birth; protects children
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Hapi/Hapy
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god of the Nile River flood
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Hathor
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goddess of fertility; goddess of the sky; protectress of the dead and of the royal palace; Ra's mother, wife, and daughter
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Horus
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originally the god of the sky; son of Osiris and Isis
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Imhotep
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architect of the stepped pyramid of the pharaoh Zoser; defied as the god of medicine and patron of scribes
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Isis
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the divine mother goddess; guardian of dead; healed the sick; a skilled magician; sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus
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Khons
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god of the moon
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Maat
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goddess of truth, right, and proper behavior; the ostrich feather in her hair was weighed against the heart of the dead person to determine whether they had led a pure life
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Min
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God of virility; consort of Qetesh
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Mut
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"mother"; wife/consort of Amon
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Neith
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goddess of war and wisdom
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Nepthys
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with her sister Isis, a protectress of the dead
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Nut
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goddess of the sky
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Osiris
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God of the dead, of the afterlife, of the underworld
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Ptah
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patrom god of craftsmen; creator of the universe
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Qetesh
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goddess of love and beauty; consort of Min
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Ra/Re
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the sun god
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Selket
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a goddess whose scorpion killed wicked people; aided women in child birth
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Set/Seth
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god of storms and violence, brother and murderer of Osiris; rival of Horus
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Shu
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god of wind and air
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Tefnut
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goddess of mist and clouds
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Thoth
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god of writing; of wisdom; messenger of the gods
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Thoueris
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goddess of fertility; protected women in childbirth
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