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Pre-Dynastic Min of Koptos

Excavated at Koptos (Qift) by Sir Flinders Petrie in the 1890s, this statue is one of three, which are among the earliest monumental sculptures known from Ancient Egypt, dating to the dawn of its civilisation. At 4 metres tall and 2 tonnes in weight, this towering figure was created to honour the fertility god Min....

Min of Koptos

Min of Koptos, one of the most ancient and enigmatic deities of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon, was revered as a god of fertility, virility, and the regenerative forces of nature. Min symbolised masculine creative power at its most primal and enduring. His cult flourished especially in Koptos and Akhmim, where he was venerated as the...