Oracle of Amun

The Oracle of Amun was a religious figure in ancient Egypt who served as a medium for the god Amun. The Oracle was stationed at the Temple of Amun in Siwa, and guided the affairs of the village.
==History==
The Siwan Oracle was regarded to be one of the greatest oracles in the world in ancient times, together with the oracle at the Sanctuary of Delphi.Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Tours: Siwa: "Oracle of Amun" Because of this power, in 524 BCE, the Achaemenid Emperor Cambyses II set out from Persia with an army of 50,000 men to destroy the Oracle, but they were all buried in a sandstorm and were thought to be lost.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Notes from Bayek's travels: "Scrap of Journal" In 332 BCE, Alexander the Great of Makedonia conquered Egypt and was hailed as the son of Amun and pharaoh of Egypt by the Oracle at Siwa.Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Tours: Siwa: "Alexander the Great, Son of Ammon"
By 49 BCE, Medunamun, a member of the Order of the Ancients, had been appointed as the Oracle by Ptolemy XIII. His true purpose was to consolidate Ptolemy's rule over the remote village, while also seeking to unlock the Isu vault beneath the Temple of Amun. Determined to gain the powers of the ancient race in the vault, Medunamun had his soldiers brutalize the villagers with extortion and detention,Assassin's Creed: Origins – Family Reunion from which not even the priests of Amun were spared,Assassin's Creed: Origins – Prisoners in the Temple while entire neighborhoods were razed in response to any defiance.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Oasis A year later, in 48 BCE, Siwa's Medjay Bayek assassinated Medunamun for his oppression and complicity in the murder of his son, Khemu.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The False Oracle
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt 
==References==
zh:阿蒙神谕者
Category:Egyptian mythology
Category:Oracles