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 | | He was regarded as an important deity after the second millennium BC, and considered supreme, surpassing even Ra, after the sixteenth century B.C. He, like most other gods, had the body of a man. He had a human head, and wears a crown with two tall plumes on its top. |
 | | It was believed that Ptah "created the gods, made their seats of worship, established their sacrifices, and fashioned their forms." He was the molder of all things. |
 | | When Egyptian chariots bore down on the Hittites during the battle of Kadesh in 1286 BC, the pharaoh Ramesses II remarked that he was "like Menthu, shooting to the right and left." His warlike qualities gained popularity during later times. |
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