Later records said that harvests during his time were rich and he became a fertility god. Amenhotep III might have been a child when his reign began and he was the son of Thutmose IV. He called his palace “the gleaming Aten” and emphasized the worship of the various solar deities. ...
Ancient Egyptian religion - Gods, Beliefs, Rituals: Egyptian religion was polytheistic. The gods who inhabited the bounded and ultimately perishable cosmos varied in nature and capacity. The word netjer (“god”) described a much wider range of beings th
city of Thebes. He was later combined with Ra, who was a sun-god, a creator god and the king of the gods. The people sawAmun-Raas the creative power behind the existence of all life. He was primarily considered to be the god of the pharaohs and represented wind, fertility and ...
Apis was the Egyptian god of strength and fertility. The spirit of Apis was said to be present in the body of a real bull which was kept by the Pharaoh and looked after by his priests. At the end of the old year, the Apis bull was slaughtered and its flesh eaten by the Pharaoh...
Isis’s brother-husband Osiris was killed by his brother Seth, only to be resurrected by Isis to become Lord of the Underworld and the god of new life and fertility. OSIRIS HORUS God of Kingship When his father Osiris became Lord of the Underworld, Horus succeeded him as King on Earth, ...
Isis, the Egyptian goddess of rebirth, remains one of the most familiar images of empowered feminine integrity. The goddess Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, andNut, the goddess of the Overarching Sky. Isis was born on the first day between the first years of creation...
and ask the god’s blessing. Throughout Egypt, several days in Akhet were dedicated to the fertility god Osiris, who was also god of the Nile and the underworld. Communities organized passion plays as well as processions to honor the story of his life, death and rebirth. Peret was the ...
He was a god of the air and of the sun, and was associated with fertility and creation. What was Amun’s role in ancient Egyptian religion? Amun was one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion and was considered the king of the gods. He was associated with the sun, ...
The modern day city now called Faiyum, the “Crocodile City” was the cult center of Sobek, the crocodile god. Sobek was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt, as for many he represented power, fertility, and the might of the army. He also starred in many creation myths. ...
Egypt is also in the midst of a museum construction boom, including new collections scheduled to open soon in the Red Sea resort towns of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada that will give beachgoers a chance to browse ancient Egyptian artifacts without venturing to Cairo or Luxor. Meanwhile, the l...