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Horus Aha
Many people believe that Aha was actually King Menes of Memphis. Menes was the founding king of the 1st Dynasty, and was the first king to unify Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. Ancient Egypt’s most predominant form of … Continue reading
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Tagged aha, ancient egypt, augustus caeser, chief wife, city of memphis, egyptian army, first cataract, king menes, lower egypt, nile crocodiles, sphere of influence, wild dogs
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The Story of Re
“there arose out of the darkness a great shining egg, and this was Re.” In the beginning, before there was any land of Egypt, all was darkness, and there was nothing but a great waste of water called Nun. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Aker, apis, book, first cataract, goddess sekhmet, goddesses, hap, heaven and earth, lower egypt, min, mountains, nun, nut, ra, re, serpent, shed, Underworld
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The Story of Isis and Osiris
In the days before Re had left the earth, before he had begun to grow old, his great wisdom told him that if the goddess Nut bore children, one of them would end his reign among men. So Re laid … Continue reading
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Tagged Ament, desire, divine child, eldest son, first cataract, foundations, Hapi, isis, isis and osiris, min, nephthys, nun, son of osiris
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Hapi – God of the Nile River
Hapi was the god of the Nile itself, the very incarnation of wealth and the symbol of the life-giving fertile mud over the fields. He dwelled in a cave near the first cataract where he was fed by crocodiles and … Continue reading
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Tagged first cataract, god of the nile, Hapi, hapi god, lotus, nile river
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Arensnuphis – Anthropomorphic Nubian Deity
Arensnuphis was an anthropomorphic Nubian deity wearing a plumed crown who occurred in southern temples during the Graeco-Roman period, coeval with the Meroitic civilization based around the mid fifth to sixth cataract region of the Nile river. Sometimes he was … Continue reading
Anuket
Anuket (Anket, Anuket, Anjet, Anukis) was an Old Kingdom goddess related to the Nile in the Aswan area. She was ‘She Who Embraces’, a name indicating that she was probably thought to hold the Nile in her arms, and thus … Continue reading
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Tagged ankh symbol, aswan area, banks of the nile, daughter of ra, daughter of the sun, earlier times, egyptian border, elephantine island, first cataract, gazelle, goddess of the hunt, headdress, huntress, khnum, nubia, ostracon, ostrich feathers, sacred animal, sun god ra, water goddess
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