1 0 4 7 4 ) ▁includes ▁appe als ▁to ▁not ▁treat ▁d war fs ▁and ▁other ▁hand ic apped ▁people ▁( such ▁as ▁blind ▁people , ▁cri pp les ▁and ▁aut ists ) ▁badly ▁or ▁to ▁back b ite ▁over ▁them . ▁Sch ol ars ▁and ▁histor ians ▁evaluate ▁A men em ope ' s ▁hum ane ▁do ctr ines ▁as ▁a ▁public ▁appeal ▁against ▁up coming ▁moral ▁decay ▁within ▁Egypt ian ▁society . ▁ ▁D war f ▁de ities ▁▁ ▁In ▁An cient ▁Egypt , ▁pe op les ▁wor sh ipped ▁several ▁d war f ▁de ities , ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁Bes . ▁His ▁cult ▁is ▁arch ae olog ically ▁att ested ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁D ynast y ▁( c . ▁ 1 9 9 1 – 1 8 0 2 ▁BC ). ▁The ▁cult ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁origin ated ▁in ▁N ub ia , ▁modern ▁day ▁Sud an . ▁Bes ▁was ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁dream s , ▁luck , ▁dan cing , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁prote ctor ▁of ▁the ▁household ▁and ▁its ▁belong ings . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁god ▁of ▁birth ▁and ▁was ▁wor sh ipped ▁in ▁birth ▁houses ▁alongside ▁the ▁god dess ▁He q et . ▁Bes ▁is ▁always ▁dep icted ▁with ▁a ▁normal ▁tor so ▁and ▁head , ▁short ened ▁legs ▁and ▁arms ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁ears ▁of ▁a ▁l ion . ▁His ▁most ▁un m ist ak able ▁feature ▁is ▁his ▁front al ▁dep iction , ▁rather ▁rare