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Shepseskaf
Introduction Ultimately, we know very little with any certainty about the last king of Egypt’s 4th Dynasty. His birth name was Shepseskaf, meaning “His Soul is Noble”, and like everything else about him, seems out of place. Most kings’ of … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient egypt, dynasty, egyptian pharaohs, god, Kingdom, Shepseskaf
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Snefru
Snefru is credited as being the first pharaoh of Egypt’s 4th Dynasty. Snefru (Sneferu, Snofru) was the king’s birth name. His Horus name was Nebmaat, but his royal titulary was the first to have his other name, Snefru, enclosed within … Continue reading
The Land of the Dead
The one visit to the Duat of which a record remains was paid by Se-Osiris, the wonderful child magician who read the sealed letter, and his father Setna, the son of Pharaoh Rameses the Great. They stood one day in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aken, Ament, god, head, heliopolis, Kingdom, magic, the devourer, Thebes, western desert
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Ra – The Sun God
Re (Ra) was the Egyptian sun god who was also often referred to as Re-Horakhty, meaning Re (is) Horus of the Horizon, referring to the god’s character. The early Egyptians believed that he created the world, and the rising sun … Continue reading
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Tagged creator god, deities, deity, Egypt, egyptian history, god, head, Kingdom, ra, re, war
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Ptah – The Creator
Ptah (Pteh, Peteh) was the predynastic Mennefer (Hikuptah, Memphis) god of craftsmen, pottery and creation. The Egyptians believed that he was a god who created everything from artifacts to the world egg to the other deities themselves. The Opening of … Continue reading
Male Child Gods of Egypt
Male child deities in ancient Egypt overlapped considerably in both their mythology and worship. Sometimes they were worshiped in both their forms as children and adults, though that was rare. They usually were the male children of major deities, and … Continue reading
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Tagged amun, child of Hathor, cow, cow goddess, Egypt, god, hathor, horus, ihy, Kingdom, neferhetep, nefertem, Osiris, ptah, serpent, shed, son of isis, son of osiris, sun, sun god, war
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Baal – God of Thunder
The storm god, Baal, was a West Semitic import to Egypt. Late Bronze Age texts discovered at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) on the Levantine coast, from which his cult spread, indicate that by 1400 BC, Baal had displaced the god … Continue reading
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Tagged earth, Egypt, egyptian god, fertility, god, god of the sea, Hyksos, Kingdom, Osiris, pantheon, sky, worshipped
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Anat – Mother of Gods
Anat (Greek form: Anaitis), goddess from the old nomad society taking care of fertility, hunting, sexuality, and war. She came from the coast town Ugarit just north of today’s Lebanon and was imported to Egypt in the late Middle Kingdom … Continue reading
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Tagged Anaitis, Anat, Anedjti, Atef-crown, battle, Busiris, capital, care, centre, coast, cow, cult, dynasty, Egypt, fertility, form, god, goddess, guardian, head, hunting, Hyksos, Kingdom, Lebanon, member, Middle, nomad, pantheon, peek, period, province, Ramesses, sexuality, society, Theban, today, town, Ugarit, uterus, war, wife
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