God of fertility, sexuality, and travelers through the eastern Sahara, have the appearance of a man with a large erect penis. Sometimes he is shown in the garb of a pharaoh, wearing…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Chons, god of the moon.
The third member (with his parents Amen and Mut) of the great triad of Thebes. Khons was the god of the moon. The best-known story about him tells of him playing the…
Nineteenth Dynasty
After the recovery from the religious revolution, Egypt was a changed world. It is not easy to define the exact nature of the changes, since there are many exceptions. Yet, it is…
Twenty-first Dynasty
Throughout the eleventh and following centuries before our era, the essential duality of the land of the Pharaohs found novel and unexpected expression. The initial stage could not have been better characterized…
Sanding
The final smoothing of the wood was done with stones. (This method of scouring wood continued until the 19th century CE, when wooden shipdecks were still holystoned.)
Maat
God of the truth, law and universal order, have the appearance of a woman wearing a crown surmounted by a huge ostrich feather. Her totem symbol is a stone platform or foundation,…
Nekhbet
God of sovereignty of the king, have the appearance of a woman with the head of a vulture. Originally the patron of Upper Egypt in the early Old Kingdom, she changed over…
Tatenen
The Egyptian god Tatenen, sometimes written as Tatjenen, symbolizes the emergence of silt from the fertile Nile after the waters of the inundation recede. The meaning of his name is uncertain but…