God Aion-Chronos in Roman Egypt

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Tourist Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Mansura University

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Art in the Roman era in Egypt was characterized by the use of different symbolic meanings, influenced by ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Indo-Iranian religious practices, and the philosophical and intellectual ideas of that era, Magical worship, totemic symbols, Mana, and secret cults, it also influenced poetic and artistic works. This is evident in a stone relief panel preserved in the Greco-Roman Museum, which depicts the god Aion-Chronus in human form with animal symbols related with gods from different religious beliefs from ancient Egypt, Greece, and the Near East representing the power that controls the universe and nature, as well as spiritual forces and their connection to astronomy and astrology. This is evident through the description and analysis of the artistic elements used in the relief panel, their religious significance, their relationship to the stars and the signs of the astrological zodiac, and their integration into one god. This analysis helps us understand the spread of various forms of worship and philosophical beliefs in Egypt during the Roman era and their integration into one god.

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