Ancient Egyptian religion

people of Egypt adhered to all of the pharaoh’s demands and rules, so at to keep themselves and the nation itself protected from malevolent spiritual forces. The king of Egypt was also believed to act as the embodiment of the god that conceived the Egyptian world, a god of virility (Aldred 1998: 185). This belief of the pharaoh being a reincarnated god of potency is because the king was thought to have controlled the main river through Egypt, the Nile. Without the Nile River, no food would have…

In ancient times, magic was practiced much more openly and freely than it is today. In ancient Greece and Egypt, witches and wizards were held in high esteem. Magic was used to protect many ancient tombs, and even today curse-breakers working for Gringotts attempt to retrieve the treasures from within, though not necessarily without loss of limb. The first instances of dedicated wand making lies with the Ollivander family, who have been making wands since 382 BC. While wands of various design…

belief in an afterlife was an important ritual for the Egyptian religion. The Egyptians believe that there is a transitional stage after one has passed. Their belief was stronger in the deceased rather than the living; the Egyptians established certain rituals that showed the progress to a better life into the next world, represented as the afterlife. Another lifelong journey continued as souls reached a better place after deceased. Egyptian culture is created on their strong role in worship and…

of the great Roman Empire, wrote one of the more complete sources there is on the Egyptian god Osiris. Plutarch based his narrative of Osiris as the god of death and resurrection and his control over the underworld also known as Duat. Osiris is also seen as the god of fertility and its connection to agriculture. Osiris was first created human form and later became deified. Osiris has a long connection with the Egyptian people “and one of Osiris’s earliest appearance is found on a block from the…

As mentioned before, there were two types of inscriptions on the Yixing stoneware teapot. One type was the individual seals placed on the base of the teapots, and the other one was the customized inscriptions on the bodies of the teapots. This new practice of inscribing, on one hand, was significantly influenced by the imperial reign marking tradition; on the other hand, it was the consequence of the mutual respect between skillful and creative Yixing artisans and their patrons, the…

eventually emptying into the Mediterranean Sea (Said, 2013). The Nile has two primary tributes; the White Nile that flows from Rwanda and the Blue Nile originating from Ethiopia. In the past, Nile had a predictable flooding pattern that assisted the Egyptian to practice agricultural activities such as crop production, livestock keeping, horticultural farming and the like. The flooding pattern was known as annual flooding cycle. The three stages of the Nile Cycle were Akhet, Peret, and Shemu.…

Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, you would find Mesopotamia, which had little to no natural protection. Egypt was created on the Nile river in Africa, protected by a desert to keep out outside invaders. Both cultures were located in a river valley but had different environments. Although the two civilizations are different in the area of environment and geography, nevertheless the two civilizations have significant similarities with regard to society and economics, and science and…

In Ancient Mesopotamia, the concept of law was governed by what is known as the Law Code of Hammurabi. This code was established by Hammurabi of Babylon, after taking control of most of Mesopotamia circa 1792-1750 BCE. This law can best be described by its main principle of “Lex Talionis”, a legal principle of having the punishment fit the crime. It was believed that prior to its introduction, Babylon suffered from disorder and chaos. Its people were governed by little more than their rulers…

Is it not a coincidence that both civilizations had developed near rivers? The Chinese were blessed with the Huanghe and Yangtze river, while the Egyptian culture developed near the Nile. With both lands being so close to a river, it enabled them to be rich in good soil, and have a stable agricultural economy. Another geographical advantage that both lands shared was that they were at ease when it…

numerous hypotheses on the identity of the Hyksos and their purpose for their move into Egypt. Though it is believed that the Hyksos were a non-homogenous people, they may have been of primarily Semitic descent. The title ‘Hyksos’ emanates from the Egyptian term ‘hekau khaswet’ or ‘rulers of foreign lands.’ As this term provides only a broad indication of…