Scholars designate the Predynastic Period in Egypt as a time when Egyptian culture was beginning to resemble what would later become Dynastic Egypt, but Egypt itself was not yet unified. However, scholars…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Horus
Also names “Heru, Hor, Harendotes/Har-nedj-itef (Horus the Avenger), Har-Pa-Neb-Taui (Horus Lord of the Two Lands), god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun, many others depending on…
Anubis, god of the dead, also call Anpu
Egyptian god of the dead, represented as a black jackal or dog, or as a man with the head of a dog or jackal. His parents were usually given as Re in…
The Life of Egyptians
In modern Egypt, a cruise on the Nile or a bus ride through the countryside along this great river of live can be very enlightening. One will see urban sprawl, some modern…
Wepwawet
It was not unusual in ancient Egypt for more then one god to take the same form, with similar functions as another god. Wepwawet, called the son of Isis, was one of…
Kabechet
God of the purification of the body of the deceased, have the appearance of a serpent or ostrich bringing water. Kabechet is the daughter of Anubis, and she aids him in preparing…
Babi
Babi was a fierce, bloodthirsty baboon god who was ancient even in the realm of Egyptian gods. We find him mentioned as early as the Old Kingdom, when Babi “bull (i.e. dominant…
Serapis
Simply put, Serapis was an invented god. He was a composite of several Egyptian and Hellenistic deities who was introduced to the world at the beginning of the Ptolemaic (Greek) Period in…