'God of Fertility. Min', Egypt, 1943 (c)

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1943.

Wall carving showing Min (figure on the right), the God of fertility, with another man depicted to the left and surrounded by hieroglyphics, Egypt, 1943 (c).

In ancient Egyptian religion, Min was the god of fertility and harvest and was also worshipped as the Lord of the Eastern Desert.

From a photograph album containing 206 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943.