Transformations and mixing between Estern foreign deities and Egyptian deities. Idol Baal " example""

Document Type : Academic scientific reviews of any other material related to the main domains of this Journal.

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The Higher Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, Department of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations, Zagazig University

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The deity Baal: He is an eastern Semitic deity, his name denotes the master, the Lord or the husband, the title of the Most High and the Knight of the Clouds, which are names denoting the deity of the weather, He was scorching heat of the destructive sun or the blazing desert wind, The oldest evidence of reverence for the deity Baal is during the period of King Thutmose III, Amenhotep II,The idol Baal was distinguished by his symbols of the leafy spear, the bat and the horned hook that distinguished him from the rest of the eastern deities,The idol Seth belongs to southern Egypt, especially in his critics.The idol Seth was supported by the Hyksos, and he achieved great fame in the Ramesside era. This may be reflected in the names of kings such as seti. The name of the god Baal was identified, followed by the animal of the idol Seth, and the evidence indicates that there is a great deal of integration and integration between the deities in Egypt and the Levant, especially in the period of the modern state.

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