Hatmehyt was a fish-goddess worshipped in the Delta, particularly in the northeast at Mendes.The fish as a divinity is comparatively rare in the Egyptian pantheon, but Hatmehyt’s name means “she who is…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Isis
God of women, mothers, children, magic, medicine, and the Ritual of Life, he have the appearance of a beautiful woman in magnificent clothing, sometimes shown wearing the sun disk. She has almost…
Hathor
God of the sky, the sun, the queen, music, dance and the arts. Appearance of a cow bearing the sun disk between her horns, or a woman in queenly raiment wearing the…
Geb, God of the earth
As the God of the earth, Geb was one of the most important of ancient Egypt’s gods. According to the Heliopolis doctrine, he came from a line of important gods. His parents…
Karnak
In ancient Egypt, the power of the god Amun of Thebes gradually increased during the early New Kingdom, and after the short persecution led by Akhenaten, it rose to its apex. In…
Second Dynasty
Manetho’s SECOND DYNASTY of nine kings from Thinis presents even more intractable problems than its predecessor. Four of the Manethonian names are recognizable, despite grave distortion, in the Ramesside king-lists, though it…
Amen, The god Amon
Amen’s name means “The Hidden One.” Amen was the patron deity of the city of Thebes from earliest times, and was viewed (along with his consort Amenet) as a primordial creation-deity by…
Twenty-third Dynasty
What little of the kind we hear of is derived from the Old Testament, as we shall soon see. Manetho’s TWENTY-THIRD DYNASTY consists of only four kings, the third (Psammus) being unidentifiable…