A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Khepri is one of the most important deities of Egyptian mythology. Khepri was the god of creation, the movement of the sun, life, and resurrection. His name, Khepri, is also spelled as Khepera, Khepra, Kheper, and
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Egyptian beliefs, the soul had three parts: the Ka, the Ba, and the Akh. These three spiritual elements found refuge in the body. Therefore, it was vital to keep the body intact after death
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Pyramid Texts represent the oldest known collection of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions containing religious texts, elaborate spells (or utterances), hymns, prayers, thousands of lines of fragments of myths and legends, references to mortuary and funerary
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In ancient Egyptian beliefs, before Egypt had human kings, the ruler was the god Ra. He was the creator sun god and the ruler of the gods and humankind. Ra – the creator of all
A. Sutherland – AncientPages. com – In ancient Egyptian beliefs, Meskhenet (Meskhent) was a goddess associated with childbirth, motherhood, and destiny. The goddess was responsible for creating the Ka and, therefore, was associated with fate, as at the time of a
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Egyptian mythology, Sokar is an ancient falcon god of the Memphite necropolis, located in Memphis, Lower Egypt. It includes the sites of Giza, Saqqara, and Dahshur, rich in pyramids, mastabas, and tombs. The deity was
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The two Egyptian gods Thoth and Osiris are well-known to anyone interested in mythology. Thoth was ancient Egypt’s most mysterious, highly venerated God of knowledge and writing. Widely regarded as a divine teacher of humans, who
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – It is a controversial and sensitive subject that can shed light on our ancestors’ deepest beliefs, and some events that take place in the modern world. What does the Cross of the Zodiac, Egyptian mythology, Freemasonry
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – Horus was worshipped in different forms throughout Egypt from the predynastic period, before Egypt was united under one ruler, until Roman times. Credit: Thalia Lightbringer/AncientPages.com Egyptian pharaohs took the name Horus to symbolize that they were
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Throughout history, the ancient Egyptians believed in life after death and that Osiris, the god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead, would judge you. Preparing the dead bodies for eternal existence in joy
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The name ‘Bes’ is related to the Egyptian dwarf god, a grotesque figure who protects against snakes, misfortune, and evil spirits. The same name ‘Bes’ has also been used to refer to several deities and
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – According to an ancient Egyptian myth, it is hazardous to interfere with the dead. This warning was written down on papyri dated to the Ptolemaic Period (340-330 BC. Setne Khamwas (also Setne Kham, Khaemwaset, Khamwese)
