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  2. Category:Egyptian legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    Legendary creatures in Egyptian mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. E. Egyptian demons (4 P) S. Sphinxes (1 C ...

  3. Akhekh - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egypt portal: ... is a legendary creature or dragon in Egyptian mythology and art. [1] Appearance ... Set animal; References

  4. Serpopard - Wikipedia

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    The serpopard (also known as monstrous lion) is a mythical animal known from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art. The word "serpopard" is a modern coinage. It is a portmanteau of "serpent" and "leopard", derived from the interpretation that the creature represents an animal with the body of a leopard and the long neck and head of a serpent ...

  5. Teka-her - Wikipedia

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    Teka-her, literally "He with the enlightened face", is a monstrous serpent from Egyptian mythology.His existence is mentioned in the Book of Gates, a composition reserved for New Kingdom pharaohs and inscribed in their tombs.

  6. Sobek - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. p. 471. ISBN 9781589831827. Bresciani, Edda (2005). "Sobek, Lord of the Land of the Lake". Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. pp. 199– 206. ISBN 9789774248580. Frankfurter, David (1998).

  7. Hieracosphinx - Wikipedia

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    The hieracosphinx (Ancient Greek: ἱερακόσφιγξ) is a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry. [1] The god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder") was usually depicted as one. [2] The name Hieracosphinx comes from the Greek Ιερακόσφιγξ, itself from ἱέραξ (hierax "hawk") + σφίγξ ("sphinx"). [3]

  8. Thoth - Wikipedia

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    Thoth (from Koinē Greek: Θώθ Thṓth, borrowed from Coptic: Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ Thōout, Egyptian: Ḏḥwtj, the reflex of ḏḥwtj "[he] is like the ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon , animals sacred to him.

  9. Aegyptopithecus - Wikipedia

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    Aegyptopithecus skull. Aegyptopithecus was discovered by Elwyn Simons in 1966 in the Gabal Qatrani Formation, located in the Faiyum Governorate of central Egypt. [3] [4] Aegyptopithecus zeuxis fossils were originally thought to be between 35.4 and 33.3 million years old, based on initial analysis of the formation in which they were found.