The Elephant as a Sacred Animal of the Egyptian God Seth during the Græco-roman Period

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Lecturer in the Tour Guiding Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Alexandria University

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The elephant was named in the ancient Egyptian language as
Abw 1, dnbr 2, and tnbr3. The African elephant,
namely Loxodonta Africana was depicted among the numerous
fauna in Egypt4.
This type of elephants was found carved on the cosmetic
palettes, ivory carvings, painted ceramics, rock paintings, as well as
bone remains5. The name of the island of Elephantine was probably
driven from its name6. Elephantine was called in the ancient times
as AbDw 7 that means “elephant land”8. The African
elephant was eradicated north of Aswan by the end of the
Predynastic period. This was because of many reasons; the
continuous human disturbance and hunting as well as the
desiccation during that time. The elephants were hunted to make
use of their ivory, and leather

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