Ammon (disambiguation)
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- AmmonAmmonAmmon , also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation located east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbath Ammon, site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan's capital...
, an ancient Canaanite nation - the Greek name of AmunAmunAmun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...
, originally an Egyptian / Berber deity - Ammon's horn, a part of the hippocampus (a major component of the human brain
- AmmoniteAmmoniteAmmonite, as a zoological or paleontological term, refers to any member of the Ammonoidea an extinct subclass within the Molluscan class Cephalopoda which are more closely related to living coleoids Ammonite, as a zoological or paleontological term, refers to any member of the Ammonoidea an extinct...
, the extinct mollusc - Ammon, one of several people in the Book of Mormon:
- Ammon (Book of Mormon explorer)Ammon (Book of Mormon explorer)Ammon was the leader of a Nephite expedition from Zarahemla, sent to discover the fate of Zeniff and his people who had not been heard from for 75 years, according to the Book of Mormon. Zeniff and his followers left Zarahemla and travelled to Nephi, their ancestral home, which was then in...
, descendant of Zarahemla - Ammon (Book of Mormon missionary), son of Mosiah II
- Ammon (Book of Mormon explorer)
- Ammon, son of Lot (Bible)Lot (Bible)Lot is a man from the Book of Genesis chapters 11-14 and 19, in the Hebrew Bible. Notable episodes in his life include his travels with his uncle Abram ; his flight from the destruction of Sodom, in the course of which Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of salt; and the seduction by his...
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- Ammon HennacyAmmon HennacyAmmon Ashford Hennacy was an Irish American pacifist, Christian anarchist, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement and a Wobbly...
, an American pacifist - Saint AmunSaint AmunAmmon or Amun was a saint and hermit of Egypt. He was one of the most venerated ascetics of the Nitrian Desert, and Saint Athanasius mentions him in his life of Saint Anthony...
, a Christian saint - Ammon (geometer)Ammon (geometer)Ammon was a geometrician who made a measurement of the walls of Rome, around the time of the first invasion of the Goths, that is, the 3rd century, and found them to be 21 miles in circumference....
, ancient Roman mathematician - Ammon, bishop of HadrianopolisAmmon, bishop of HadrianopolisAmmon was a bishop of Hadrianopolis in the year 400, and wrote the tract On the Resurrection against Origenism, which is no longer extant. A fragment of Ammon, from this work possibly, may be found in ap. S. Cyril. Alex. Lib...
- Ammon, bishop of ElearchiaAmmon, bishop of ElearchiaAmmon was a bishop of Elearchia, in the Thebaïde, in the 4th and 5th centuries. To him is addressed the Canonical Epistle of Theophilus of Alexandria. Papebrochius published in a Latin version his Epistle to Theophilus, De Vita et Conversalione SS. Pachomii et Theodori. It contains an Epistle of...
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- Ammon, IdahoAmmon, IdahoAmmon is a city in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2000 census the population of Ammon was 6,187, with an estimated 2006 population of 12,065.Having nearly doubled in size since 2000, Ammon is among the fastest-growing cities in Idaho...
, a city in the United States - Ammon, North CarolinaAmmon, North CarolinaAmmon is an unincorporated settlement in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. It is located on NC 242, southwest of Ammon Ford....
- Ammon Ford, North CarolinaAmmon Ford, North CarolinaAmmon Ford is an unincorporated area northeast of Ammon, in Bladen County, North Carolina....