The Theban Triad are three

Triple deities

A triple deity is a deity associated with the number three. Such deities are common throughout world mythology; the number three has a long history of mythical associations. C. G...

 Egyptian god

God

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s that were the most popular in the area of Thebes

Thebes, Egypt

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, in Egypt

Egypt

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History

The group consisted of Amun

Amun

Amun, 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...

, his consort Mut

Mut

Mut, which meant mother in the ancient Egyptian language, was an ancient Egyptian mother goddess with multiple aspects that changed over the thousands of years of the culture. Alternative spellings are Maut and Mout. She was considered a primal deity, associated with the waters from which...

 and their son Khonsu. The eighteenth and twenty fifth dynasties of the New Kingdom

New Kingdom

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 favored the triad. These gods were the primary objects of worship of the massive temple complex at Karnak, although temples and shrines exist throughout Egypt, such as one at Deir el-Hagar close to the Dakhla

Dakhla

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 Oasis. Amenhotep I

Amenhotep I

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, the Pharaoh who built Karnak

Karnak

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, was often depicted among these gods.