A god and goddess once entered this city in triumph after the god shook the goddess awake to save her from being killed by a serpent. The Book of Isaiah punned on the Hebrew name for this city by calling it ir haheres, or the city of destruction, an idea that Jeremiah took a step further by prophesying its specific ransacking by Nebuchadnezzar. A stone located in this city was thought to represent the mound that coalesced along with the lotus from the primordial waters. The bull Mnevis, a symbol of this city, was often depicted with a disc in between its horns. According to myths from this city, the world was created when its progenitor spat or masturbated. That god was from the first generation in this city's Great Pesedjet, a grouping of nine deities better known as the Ennead. A single obelisk is all that remains of this city, to which the reborn phoenix brought the ashes of the old phoenix. For 10 points, name this Egyptian cult cen
A god and goddess once entered this city in triumph after the god shook the goddess awake to save her from being killed by a serpent. The Book of Isaiah punned on the Hebrew name for this city by calling it ir haheres, or the city of destruction, an idea that Jeremiah took a step further by prophesying its specific ransacking by Nebuchadnezzar. A stone located in this city was thought to represent the mound that coalesced along with the lotus from the primordial waters. The bull Mnevis, a symbol of this city, was often depicted with a disc in between its horns. According to myths from this city, the world was created when its progenitor spat or masturbated. That god was from the first generation in this city's Great Pesedjet, a grouping of nine deities better known as the Ennead. A single obelisk is all that remains of this city, to which the reborn phoenix brought the ashes of the old phoenix. For 10 points, name this Egyptian cult center of Atum and Ra, which had a Greek name meaning"city of the sun."
A god and goddess once entered this city in triumph after the god shook the goddess awake to save her from being killed by a serpent.
Heliopolis [or On; or 'ir hasemes before 'ir haheres is mentioned; or 'ir haheres before mentioned]