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Seth, God of Chaos and Confusion

Something about the god Seth exudes mystery and intrigue, and it may be that the god was at one time or other a very important and very powerful, and one of the most multifarious gods in ancient...

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The Ancient Egyptian Flood Legend

There are two well known great flood or deluge myths discussed by scholars and novices alike: the Biblical or Noahic flood myth as described in the Book of Genesis, and the Sumero-Babylonian Epic of...

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Religion in Predynastic Egypt

A distinction is usually made between what is known as the commencement of the Egyptian Pharaohnic State and the closing stages of the predynastic cultures that flourished in the Nile Valley. According...

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Anubis, Keeper of the Secrets

Ancient Egypt had many mysterious gods and there are none more mysterious than the god Anup (Nub, Inpw) or as the Greeks call him: Anubis. This god is very closely linked with the royal funerary cult....

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Cosmological Doctrine of the Ka and Ba

The ancient Egyptians believed that kings and (albeit much later) other human beings possessed numerous corporeal and spiritual characteristics. The ancient Egyptian concept of ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’...

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Edfu, Homeland of the Primeval Ones

Edfu (anc. Djeb, Behutet, Wetjeset-Hor) was a sacred predynastic town in Upper Egypt known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonpolis Magna. Today Edfu is a site of settlements, funerary remains and late...

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Tutankhamun, the Boy King

Tutankhamun Nebkheperure (1336-1327 BCE) was the ruler of the 18th Dynasty at the old capital city Memphis (anc. Men-nefer). He was born Tutankhaton (‘Living image of the Aton’) at Akhetaton (modern...

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Introduction to the Pyramid Texts

Egyptologist J. P. Allen wrote that the “Pyramid texts are the primary sources for the history of ancient Egyptian thought and its relationship to that of the Biblical world.” Indeed Allen was right....

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The Ancient Egyptian Priesthood

The ancient Egyptian priest was literally a ‘servant of the god’ (Eg. hem neter; fem. hemet neter), and the ancient Egyptian priesthood was remarkably structured and hierarchical. Little is known about...

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Sacred Bulls of Ancient Egypt

In ancient Egypt the bull (Eg. ka, neka, ah) was a symbol of fertility, renewal, sexual virility, and brute strength or power, which is why ancient Egyptian kings were particularly associated with the...

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The Forty-Two Provincial Nomes of Ancient Egypt

Since the emergence of the ancient Egyptian Pharaohnic state in 3100 BCE, the land of Egypt was divided up between 38 or 42 traditional provincial centres which Egyptologists refer to as nomes (Eg....

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Nun, God of the Primeval Ocean

The ancient Egyptians believed that in the beginning, before time and matter and light existed, there stood a vast, limitless, formless and inert expanse of celestial ocean. The ancient Egyptians...

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The Mystery of the Great Sphinx

Along with the Great Pyramid, the Great Sphinx (Eg. shesep ankh) is the most well-known structure that overlooks the Giza plateaux. Many studies have been undertaken on the Great Sphinx, the most...

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The Great Ennead of Heliopolis

The Great Ennead (Eg. Pesedjet) is an ancient Egyptian religio-political doctrine describing the legend of the Nine Gods of ancient Heliopolis in Lower Egypt (hence the Greek word Ennead, ‘the Nine’)....

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Introduction to Ancient Egypt’s Magnificent Temples

Temple of King Seti I Menmaatre (and the Osireion) Temple of Dendera (and the Temple of Isis) Temple of Isis at Philae Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Luxor The Medinet Habu Temple Temple of Khnum at...

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