Amun

The Egyptian people not only believed that there were multiple gods, such as Re, Amun, Ptah, and others, but that their pharaoh was the manifestation of the god Horus himself, and hence was the people’s own living god on earth. This immense power that the pharaoh had to ensure prosperity and fertility by translating divine order and…

Discuss Egyptian, Biblical and Near Eastern creation mythology. What made the creation mythology of each of these cultures distinct? Creation myths are powerful in cultures because they speak to our deep spiritual and social need for a sense of place and a sense of belonging. Through offering accounts of how everything began from animals, plants, earth, moon, sky and more, they provide universal coordinates within which people can imagine their own existence and find a role in the larger…

Angels & Demon and the The Vinci Code? Do you know the Secret of the Holy Grail that discussed in the Book 'The Vinci Code'? Usually in Holy Mass Catholics they would raise this so-called Holly Grail and inside this Grail is the Chalice which they refer as the blood of Jesus. But of course people will think of it so hard until they will seek an answer is that what Jesus really meant? Take a look at the picture I posted with this. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Leonardo we all…

While the Egyptian and Indus River Valley civilizations were two of the earliest known communities, they were also among the most influential, especially in areas like culture and social structure. Although Egypt and the Indus River Valley shared many aspects of culture like similar forms of religion and expansion, they also greatly differed in the area of social structure because of their individually unique class divisions and views of leadership. Both the Egyptian civilization and the Indus…

For example, to the Ancient Egyptians, he Scarabaeus sacer beetle’s behavior of rolling a ball of dung across the ground and the assumption of the fact that it could reproduce without needing a male, alluded to the fact that it represented Ra and Amun. Cats were considered to be the most sacred animals among all. As a civilization primarily located in a rural setting, the ancient Egyptians had a distinct problem with mice, rats and snakes all of whom threatened the grain stores. It is thought…

officials usually consisted of the Pharaoh’s family members, the nobles and priests (The Social or Egyptian Social). The highest position after the Pharaoh is the vizier, which is the pharaoh’s right hand man or sometimes appointed the high priest of Amun-Ra, the king of the egyptian gods (Pharaoh). The vizier supervised the political administrations, such as agriculture, finances, judicial, military, architectural, and religions of Egypt and all of the official documents had to have been…

Ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia are both examples of cultures that performed sexual acts as a form of worship. The intent for the utilization of these sexual encounters was to mimic events from their cultural myths to ensure the continuity of that event. This mimicry can be categorized as a form of sympathetic magic, or a type of magic predicated on the belief that an event can be affected through an object or act symbolizing it. For ancient Egyptians the purpose of these acts was to…

Egypt has a really big and important history like their gods, writing, mummies, Pyramids, Temples, Pharaohs, their amulets, slaves and the famous Nile river. Their civilization lasted for longer than any other civilization known. Their way of life was very unique and religious, having unknown amounts of gods and strange beliefs of them. Pharaohs The pharaoh were the leaders of the Egyptians and they were thought to be both gods and men. There were over 170 Pharaohs during their whole dynasties…

erupted through and Ramses II started constructing an abundance of monuments, statues and even towering structures in his honor. Ultimately dishonoring them completely and shamelessly, he even stated that he was the outcome of an relationship between Amun and a Human. It went to the jaw-dropping extent where Ramses actually plundered materials from previous Pharaoh’s monuments and structures, ravaging every resource till the original structure was reduced to rubble. This influenced Ramses II’s…

the head of a ram. Hathor is the goddess of joy, feminine love, and motherhood. Sobek is the god of the Nile, the most important resource to the Egyptian people which sustains life in a land of sand. Ra, god of the sun, merged with Amun, god of the air, and became Amun-Ra the King of the gods. Ptah was the god of craftsmanship, artisans, and creation. Anubis, one of my personal favorites is the god of mummification, funerals, and death. He was also at one point the Lord of the Underworld until…