(session suggested by Giacomo Cavillier)

The cult of Amun at Napata constitutes one of the most interesting aspects of the final process of ‘Egyptianisation’ of Nubia in the New Kingdom. Two Amons, two theological and political profiles and two priestly classes symbolised power in Upper Egypt and Nubia. The session will highlight the differences and similarities between the two cults and between the two ways of conceiving the exercise of power in the domains of the god in both Thebes and Napata. In Nubia, this event will gradually lead to the Kushite renaissance and the subsequent conquest of Egypt.