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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleReligion 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...
View ArticleAnubis, 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....
View ArticleCosmological 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’...
View ArticleEdfu, 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...
View ArticleTutankhamun, 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...
View ArticleIntroduction 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleSacred 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleNun, 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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’)....
View ArticleIntroduction 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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