DID YOU KNOW? Satis of Elephantine was the Flood-Queen

Satis (or Satet) was one of the most ancient goddesses of pharaonic Egypt. Her cult on the island of Elephantine, near the First Cataract of the Nile, possibly predated that of Khnum, who later became the chief deity of the region. Associated with Sirius, the Dog-Star, Satis was linked with the annual flood and her temple at Elephantine was built atop a natural aperture in the rock. From this aperture, it is believed, fluctuating water-levels could be detected via sounds that served as "oracles" of the coming inundation.

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