Apedemak was a lion-god worshipped in Nubia. He may, as Maahes, have been imported to Egypt. This lion god was used as a sacred guardian of the decesed Pharaoh. Anyone who touched the Pharaohs grave was said to be cursed by this Apedemak.
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