ses which were, and still are, worn by the tribes of Equatorial Africa, and this would lead us to place his home in that portion of it which lies a few degrees to the north of the Equator. The knowledge of the god, and perhaps figures of him, BES. were brought from this region, which the Egyptians… … BES AMULET. came the early people who invaded the Nile valley from the east, or south-east, and settled in Egypt at no great distance from the modern city of Kena ” [Gods of the Egyptians, ii. 287, 288).
Animal worship · Amulets
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