Horus

Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction, by Shaw. Ancient Egypt has been known as one of the most advanced civilizations in the world for thousands of years, and their culture became one of the most interesting and fascinating ones. In this book, the author discusses the different meanings found in the “Narmer Palette”, which is an archeological find, and it represented the art and meaning of ancient Egypt. From that, many Egyptologists learned about the history and significance of the Egyptian…

Religion has been around since the beginning of time, every culture worshipped in different ways whether it was to a god.goddess, or idol. For example the Egyptians, the Vikings, and the Greeks all worshipped gods. However each culture has slightly different beliefs, and different gods. For example the Greeks worshipped “the big twelve” and their children (Minor gods). The Vikings worshipped the Norse gods which include gods that are still used to this day(such as Thor and Loki). Then we have…

aligned with Orion’s belt. Egyptian God Orion is believed to dominate the Northern sky in the Western Hemisphere. Due to large amount of starts in the shape of a belt Orion was given this name because he was known one of Egypt's essential gods on top of Horus, Ra, and Isis. First, a brief word about the constellation itself. In many mythologies,it is said that Orion ended up in the night sky because he took great pride in the animals he killed. So the Egyptians put him there to teach humility,…

While the Book of the Dead illustrates a myriad of incredibly vivid scenes to guide ones’ journey to the afterlife, the most iconic and perhaps important of all is the weighing of the heart scene. Upon the passing of a member of the Egyptian elite many important rituals would take place including purification, mummification, and the opening of the mouth ceremony . Once buried the deceased would commence a journey through the ancient Egyptian underworld named Duat and subsequently enter the hall…

If you ask me my heart hasn't been broken so hard in my life as, when I found out that everything I knew was a lie. It destroyed me. I'm only 16 years old, but I'm very intelligent with the new knowledge I have of thyself. It's pretty cool to learn about all these new things and know where I really come from. The Bible and the Christian religion is a lie because it's similar to the stories in Egypt stealing the African Culture, The Bible is only an allegory, not meant to take literally by…

In the Myths Gilgamesh, Osiris, Isis and Horus, Sigurd the Volsung, King Arthur and The Quest for the Sun retold by Donna Rosenberg, all have similar situation archetypes present, they all have a similar situation recurring in each other but there are some variations to the situations due to the different cultures. In all these myths the protagonists struggle to avoid something. In the Mesopotamian Myth, Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is struggling to avoid dying. In the beginning of this myth he…

Mythology is in my opinion an extremely fascinating subject. It’s not only about what or who a civilization worshiped, it’s about their culture the way they lived and interacted with nature based on their gods. There is more to mythology than just greek there are many others including; Egyptian and norse, Which are just two of the ones i will discuss. Greek Mythology Gods and Goddesses: There are a collection of twelve gods of the greek pantheon. The control nature and the entire…

the Palette of Narmer is the god of the sky Horus, holding a rope above the figure’s neck. It strange to see that these gods known for protecting their worshipers would carry a rope as a symbol of their strength. It is likely that the rope represents the gods’ or the rulers strong hold on civilization. This is shown as Shamash, who is holding the rope, is giving Hammurabi his law and giving the Babylonian ruler the power to control Mesopotamia. In Horus case, it is a representation of Narmer…

vitality .Although He was depicted like Roman, He was Egyptian. By look at his face and skin color, it can be easily understood. From top to bottom, below the portraiture, falcon collar is distinguishable like a golden necklace decorated with two Horus heads wearing the double crown at the both sides like a boat to transport the dead to afterlife. This object was commonly used at the Roman mummies. Below the falcon collar, at both sides, sitting Ma’ats were represented with her feather. At the…

Plutarch, a Greek writer, who lived from 46 AD to 120 AD under the influence 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…