An image of Mandulis from the Temple of Kalabsha in Nubia
Name in hieroglyphs
Venerated in
Nubian mythology
Animals
Falcon
Symbol
Sun • Crown of Ram Horns • Plumes
Region
Lower Nubia
Temple
Temple of Kalabsha
Equivalents
Egyptian equivalent
Horus
Mandulis (also Merul and Melul) was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian name. The centre of his cult was the Temple of Kalabsha at Talmis, but he also had a temple dedicated to him at Ajuala.[1]
The worship of Mandulis was unknown to Egypt under the native Pharaohs, the Temple of Kalabsha being constructed under the Ptolemies (305 to 30BC). The temple was popular during the Roman period. It was expanded under the emperors Augustus (27BC–AD14) and Vespasian (AD69–79). A series of dated inscriptions can be found in the temple from the reign of Vespasian down to AD248 or 249. In one of these he is identified as the "Sun, the all-seeing master, king of all, all-powerful Aion."[2]
Besides his own temples at Kalabsha and Ajuala, Mandulis was worshiped in the Temple of Petesi and Pihor at Dendur and at Philae. An inscription at Dendur identifies him as the "great god, lord of Talmis", clearly indicating the centre of his cult. At Philae, he is depicted on a wall next to the last known hieroglyphic inscription, which was dedicated to him in AD394.[1]
Mandulis was often depicted wearing an elaborate headdress of ram's horns, cobras and plumes surmounted by sun discs. He was sometimes shown in the form of a falcon but with a human head.[3]
Mandulis (also Merul and Melul) was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian...
Orie Rogo Manduli (née Mary Slessor Orie Rogo, 1948 – 8 September 2021) was a Kenyan diplomat, women's activist and journalist. She won the Miss Kenya...
The Temple of Kalabsha (also Temple of Mandulis) is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha (Gate of Kalabsha), approximately...
solar, lion-like divinity named Mandulis was worshipped. Philae was a place of mass pilgrimage, with temples to Isis, Mandulis, and Anhur. It was where the...
construction of temples to Thoth at Pselkis (Dakka) and the local Nubian deity Mandulis at Talmis (Kalabsha), as well as the enlargement, or wholesale reconstruction...
Kalabsha (or Temple of Mandulis) is the major structure in New Kalabsha. The entire Roman Period temple to the sun god Mandulis was relocated here in 1970...
Consort Hathor, Isis, Serket Nephthys Offspring Ihy, Four Sons of Horus (Horus the Elder) Equivalents Greek equivalent Apollo Nubian equivalent Mandulis...
The Star. 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-22. Nyanchwani, Silas. "Where Manduli, Rachel Ruto were among the best". Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle...
145 BC, he granted the tribute from a Nubian leader to the priests of Mandulis at Philae. The Jewish historian Josephus emphasises Ptolemy VI's personal...
carries a spear in the tenth division of Tuat Kneph – A ram creator god Mandulis – A Lower Nubian solar deity who appeared in some Egyptian temples Mehen...
whole of Nubia. The aforementioned inscription regarding the priests of Mandulis shows that some Nubian leaders at least were paying tribute to the Ptolemaic...
Global Information
