Osiris

to guide them. The deceased's journey is now guided by isis who leads them to the gate of the netherworld. Now is the descent into the river in the gallery of the night. It is a journey through the gloomy realm of set. Giant baboons and enemies of osiris attempt to snare the boat on which the deceased navigates the river. Then the evil serpent blocks the dead's way. They must be successful to get passed him. There are now the trials of the seven gates and the ten pylons. Next is the ascent of…

said that she “cannot be stayed except by a trick… and shall not feel that honor has been taken from her.” His plan succeeded and Sekhmet was taken care of due to his wisdom and skillful planning. Thoth the god of wisdom and magic instructed Isis and Osiris, who went on to rule Egypt together and they also proved their intelligence by fooling Ra into giving up the throne. Egyptians valued a leader’s wisdom, and thought it was kind for a ruler to trick a foe without taking away their honor.…

Tutankhamen was an Egyptian Pharaoh. He was born 1323 BCE and died 1341 BCE (Than, 2010). There are many mysteries surrounding the death of the King Tut but could these mysteries lead to the truth of this young Kings’ death? . “According to Sayre (2012), mummification was a process which took about 70 days to complete. After death, the body was transferred to the House of Beauty, where it was properly embalmed and the inner organs were removed, dried and coated in resin and either preserved…

Over the course of six years, the United States military launched more than 400 drone strikes that ended up with a heavy amount of terrorist combatants dead. These strikes were targeted for people on the kill list who pose as a dangerous threat to the society we live in today. Drone strikes have become a popular tactic used by militaries in the war against the Islamic State (ISIS) which provide an assistance of allies in a time when they are most needed (Ackerman). Unfortunately, the deaths of…

Meet Brian Thomas Mettenbrink, an unsuspecting 20-year-old computer geek from Nebraska. He looks just like you and me, acts just like you and me, but yet there is a defining difference about him that separates us: he will be serving a year sentencing in a federal prison for his relation to the 2008 DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack on the Church of Scientology’s website called Project Chanology. The goal of a DDoS attack is to overwhelm the targeted website with repeated access…

The first clowns were not as we know them today. The “clown” has been documented to have their origins traced back to ancient Egypt Old Kingdom Fifth Dynasty some 4,500 years ago and nearly 4,000 years ago a Chinese emperor filled his court with clowns (Bala, 2010). Throughout the course of human history it seems that clown has always been there changing with and evolving. Clowns were to be forms of entertainment, for those of the court. To provide a means of escape from what was going on in the…

The year before, when ISIS gained control of Iraq, people had feared what would become of the Assyrian, and Babylonian art and artifacts that resided there, and it looks as if their fears were warranted. This article titled, Why is ISIS destroying ancient artifacts in Iraq, by Jessica Mendoza, describes some of the recent acts of destruction ISIS has taken on the culture of one of its conquered nations. According to the article, ISIS posted a video that showed some of its members using…

So hello there, awe don’t be scared of this title. You won’t become the next horrible dictator like Hitler, he’s the one that gave us a ghastly name. There can be dictators that can be a saint, look at Queen Bee (Beyonce Knowles). What did you say, did you just articulate from your mouth sounds that sound like “I’m very sorry about being scared,” okay now you’re saying sorry again?! Executing the times that you have to use manners, you can never say sorry. Confidence is always the key to…

Osiris is thought to be the ruler of the underworld, as well as the King of the dead, resurrection, and afterlife. It was thought that Osiris would be the one to judge your life as a whole, from the great deeds you completed to your lives unforgivable moments. Once he had completed a full judgement he would then in turn determine that persons chances for eternal rest. Osiris was the husband and brother of Isis (goddess of health, wisdom, and marriage), father to Horus (god of the sky and…

Of all of the presidential candidates running for president, Ted Cruz has the plan that will save America. America is in a state of turmoil with economic downturn and job loss to illegal immigrants, a broken tax system, and the threat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Barack Obama promised change in 2008, but no economic recovery has been evident, jobs have been continuously lost, and he has dismissed the threat of ISIS and saying that the U.S. “is making significant progress defeating them” (Riley 1)…