By Ochus’s strategical skill and politcal sagacity Egypt was a Persian province once more. Diodorus (xvi. 51) may here be quoted: Artaxerxes, after taking over all Egypt and demolishing the walls of…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Anuket
God of the Nile and its inundation, she have the appearance of a woman wearing a crown of reeds and ostrich feathers, often accompanied by a gazelle. Anuket was most likely an…
Thebes
The ancient name for the city the Greeks called Thebai was Waset, the Scepter nome, and it was the main city of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome. It was close to Nubia…
Re-Ra
Re (Ra) was the Egyptian sun god who was also often referred to as Re-Horakhty, meaning Re (is) Horus of the Horizon, referring to the god’s character. The early Egyptians believed that…
Mandulis
Manulis was a sun god of Lower Nubia. He is usually depicted wearing a crown of ram horns surmounted by high plumes, sun disks and cobras. His name in Egyptian inscriptions is…
The Ogdoad
The Ogdoad were eight deities who were the basis of the Egyptian creation myth during the Middle Kingdom. They were primarily worshipped in Heliopolis, but their aspects of the creation were combined…
Aker
Aker is an earth god who also presided over the western and eastern boarders of the Underworld. In early representations, Aker is shown as a narrow strip of land with a human…
Banebdjetet
God of Lower Egypt, he have the appearance of a man with a ram’s head. Banebdjetet was the consort of the goddess Hatmehit. When Horus battled Set for the throne of the…