Medicine in Ancient Epypt
In the Egyptian medicine there were two different tendencies: the magical-religious one, which included very primitive elements, and the empirical-rational one, based on experience and observation, with no mystic elements.…
BASTET
ANCIENT EGYPT Bastet was a divinity represented by a woman with the head of a cat. Probably she was originally a lioness. Goddess of the city Bubastis that was named…
The Astronomy
The Egyptian astronomy remained clung, on the whole, on rudimentary notions. Anyway the arrangement of the calendar involved the use of an appreciable observatory. Astronomy was a religious science, so…
Mummification
Because the world had been created by the vital power of the universe, the eternal spirit, had to return, when his course on earth was over, to order and harmony.…
Goddess Anuket
Anuket is a Goddess of the island Sehel, in Assuan, she was part of a local divine threefold with the ram god Khnum and Satis, goddess of Elefantina island. She…
Isis and the mysterious cult
Isis’s cult was mysterious, as it was celebrated by believers initiated to its mysteries, secretly. This cult had a great success, because it fulfilled the spiritual needs that the official…
The house and the furnishings
What has remained of the civilian Egyptian building, let the archaeologists make interesting observations. Outside the valley of the Nile, many settlements have been discovered, while along the Nile the…
The God Khepri
Name that indicates the morning aspect of the sun, generally represented as a scarabs. For the ancient Egyptian Khepri was a symbol of rebirth and indicated all the transformations of…
Cleopatra
Cleopatra (Alexandria in Egypt 69-30 BC), the last queen of the Tolomeo dynasty; reigned over Egypt as Cleopatra VII from 51 to 30 BC and has passed to history for…
The Spirit
The spirit was divided in seven parts: – The Khu (spirit) – The Ba (soul) – The Ka (the double) – The Sekhem (power) – The Ab (feelings) – The…