However,
in the rest of Egypt, his cult was rapidly
overtaken, in popularity, by the less
divisive cult of the Legend of Osiris
and Isis, which had not been associated
with Akhenaten's actions. And so there,
his identity became first subsumed into
Ra (Ra-Herakhty), who still remained an
identifiable figure in the Osiris cult,
but ultimately, became merely an aspect
of Horus. In areas outside of Egypt, where
the Egyptians had previously brought the
worship of Amun, Amun's fate was not as
bad. In Nubia, where his name was pronounced
Amane, he remained the national god, with
his priesthoods at Meroe and Nobatia,
via an oracle, regulating the whole government
of the country, choosing the king, and
directing his military expeditions. According
to Diodorus Siculus, they were even able
to compel kings to commit suicide, although
this behaviour stopped when Arkamane,
in the 3rd century BC, slew them.
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