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so that Jupiter was sometimes depicted as "Jupiter Ammon", replete with Horns of Ammon, after Rome conquered Egypt, as was the Greek supreme deity Zeus. Alexander the Great's deification as a conqueror had involved being declared the metaphorical "Son of Ammon" by the Oracle at Siwa. This tradition is thought by some to have continued for centuries, with Alexander the Great being allegedly referred to in the Quran

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