Ancient Egypt: God Ra
Ra, deification of the visible sun, he was worshipped in various places in Egypt before the theology in Eliopolis took possession of him. The first aspect of the myth, is…
Text of the pyramids
The text of the pyramids consist of 800 invocations written in coloums inside the pyramids of the Late ancient reign and of the first middle period (2375 – 2055 BC).…
Abu Simbel
THE TEMPLE Abu Simbel Locality on the Nile south of Assuan, in Southern Egypt, where around 1250 BC the pharaoh Ramesses II ordered to build various temples, among which two…
Dreams in the ancient Egyptians
The importance given to dreams in this historical period is expressed in the dialogus between goddess Isis and Horus: “Horus, my son, tell me what you’ve seen so your suffering…
Sphinx
Sphinx in Giza has a human head and the body of a lion. The fusion of the two elements, zoomorfo and human, in a sculpture of colossal sizes is still…
Visir in ancient Egypt
The title of visir (in Egyptian tjaty) was instituited under Snefru and the first one who used it was Nefermaat. But the function goes back to a much older time…
The scarabs
This coleoptera (scarabeus sacer), quite common in Egypt, had an extraordinary fortune. Truth to tell it’s not exactly know why this insect became the symbol of the becoming and the…
Ank
It’s a very ancient Egyptian symbol, Ankh means “life”, both as the existence on earth as the eternal one. On the Egyptian bas-relief it often appears in the god‘s hand.…
Calendar
With no doubt the Egyptians have been the first to invent a solar and rational calendar. Their year was made of 365 days and divided in 12 months of 30…
Pharaoh Shepseskaf
Pharaoh Shepseskaf, Micerino’s son, last king of the IV Dynasty, was he who completed the whole funeral complex begun by his fathe