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The Benben stone, named after the mound, was a sacred stone in the temple of Ra at Heliopolis (Egyptian: Annu or Iunu). It was the location on which the first rays of the sun fell. It is thought to have been the prototype for later obelisks, and the capstones of the great pyramids were based on its design.
Benben was the mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu upon which the creator god Atum settled in the creation story of the Heliopolitan creation myth form of Ancient Egyptian religion. The Benben stone (also known as a pyramidion) is the top stone of the Egyptian pyramid. It is also related to the obelisk.
Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language referred to pyramidia as benbenet [2] and associated the pyramid as a whole with the sacred benben stone. [3] Pyramidia were usually made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite, [4] [5] and were sometimes covered with plates of copper, [6] gold or electrum.
Benben stone (also known as a pyramidion) – the top stone of the Egyptian pyramid; Canopic jar – vessel containing internal body organs removed during mummification; Canopic chest – the common chest contained the four Canopic jars; Cartonnage – papyrus or linen soaked in plaster, shaped around a body and used for mummy masks and coffins
In Aten temples and traditional solar shrines, the object of ritual was the sun itself or a Benben stone representing the sun, worshipped in a court open to the sky. [112] In many mortuary temples, the inner areas contained statues of the deceased pharaoh, or a false door where his ba ("personality") was believed to appear to receive offerings.
The unique stone lying flat at the center of the monument was brought to the site in southern England from near the tip of northeast Scotland, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Sometimes Bennu is depicted as perched on a benben stone (representing Ra and the name of the top stone of a pyramid) or in a willow tree (representing Osiris). Because of the connection with Osiris, Bennu sometimes wears the Atef crown, [ 3 ] instead of the solar disk.
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