Difficulties connected with the succession kept Cambyses fully occupied for the next three years, but the murder of his brother Smerdis left his hands free to proceed with the undertaking bequeathed to…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Geb, Egyptian earth god. (Keb, Seb)
Egyptian earth god. Son of Shu and Tefnut. Brother and consort of the sky god Nut. Father of Osiris, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys. Geb was generally depicted lying on his back, often…
The Red Pyramid
The Red Pyramid at Dashur has the second largest base of any pyramid in Egypt, only slightly smaller then the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza; each side measures 220m. However, with…
The Discovery of the Tomb of the Physician at Saqq
The Tomb of Qar in Saqqara is another tomb that we recently discovered. It is located to the south of the Step Pyramid. The tomb has a vaulted ceiling. The inside wall…
Satet
God of the inundation of the Nile, have the appearance of a woman wearing a star on her head and carrying water jars. Satet was believed to pour out the water into…
Twelfth Dynasty
At the close of Menthotpe I’s glorious reign nothing seemed to suggest that the power of his family was nearing its end. Yet so it was. The Turin Canon concedes to S’ankhkare’…
Denwen
Denwen was a fiery serpent god attested in the Pyramid Era, hence very old. he would have caused a conflagration destroying other deities were he not prevented from doing so by the…
Thot, Thout; Djhowtey, Djehuti, Tehuti
Egyptian moon god. Over time, he developed as a god of wisdom, and came to be associated with magic, music, medicine, astronomy, geometry, surveying, drawing and writing. Thoth was generally depicted in…