Bathed in early morning sunlight, a column of rams represent Amon outside the ruins of one of four temples situated beside an important wadi at Naga some 30 km from the Nile. Amon was revered in both Egypt and the Kingdom of Cush as king of the Gods. However, the rams may have been defaced when Akhenaton (18th dynasty) directed his religious reform against the traditional cult of Amon.Discovered in 1821, the Naga temples have been dated between 1BC and 1AD. They are fine examples of Afro-Egyptian architecture and are attributed to the Meroitic culture that flourished at that time.