Looking for Isis in Sudan…

Finding Isis in Sudan (Photo: Emily O'Dell)

While I was excavating this December in Sudan, I had the chance to explore a number of ancient Meroitic sites, and I kept running into the goddess Isis in temples dedicated to the god Amun–as well as in temples of her own…

Praise to You, Isis, the Great-One,
God’s Mother, Lady of Heaven, Queen of the Gods.

You are the First Royal Spouse of Osiris Onnophris,
The One Who protects Her brother, and watches over the weary-of-heart…

— Hymn to Isis from her temple at Philae

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