Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god. He is the father of the gods and is usually depicted with the body of a human and the head of a falcon.Hathor was a cow goddess and a cosmic goddess. She nourished all life with her milk and her name meant “House of Horus”. Some legends, ...
The son of Jupiter and Juno, he was the god of war. Mars was regarded as the father of the Roman people because he was the father of Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome, and husband to Bellona. He was the most prominent of the military gods that were worshipped by the Roman ...
and had their own district of the universe. TheAncient Egyptian Pharaohswere declared gods after their death and received their funeral ceremonies. The worship of these divine deities was the main reason behind the creation of the most beautiful archaeological wonders on the face of the earth which...
Religion has always being a crucial matter for the people and the cultures around the world since the beginning of human life. Even when, nowadays, monotheism is currently the major belief, the ancient cultures on Earth were mostly polytheist and they worshipped different gods and goddesses tha...
Further, the bottom of the relief depicts a mountaintop, which is another indicator it might be Inanna, as her home is on a mountaintop “to the east of Mesopotamia.” (Source) The Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses entry for Inana/Ištar begins with a very fitting introduction to ...
The Doom Slayer’s war against evil reaches its zenith inThe Ancient Gods – Part Two, the second single-player expansion launchingtodayforDoom Eternalon Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Taking the battle to Hell’s final bastion, become the Doom Slayer one last time as you rally the Senti...
Isis was amother goddess, afertility goddess, thegoddess of magic, and ahealing goddess. She was one of the five Osirian gods and one of her titles was “the goddess with 10,000 names” because of all the roles and names she received. Isis’ worship spread throughout Egypt and the Gree...
Mars (Latin: Martis) was the Roman god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter, and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army. Most of his festivals were...
administrative duties which allowed the elite to gain power. Egyptians saw the needs of the living and the dead as equal. Pharaoh began to make more donations to various local gods. Pharaoh sent expeditions to Punt and brought back malachite, myrrh and electrum (and alloy of gold and silver)...
Greek ‘myths’ (short for mythology) are a series of stories about the Gods and magical beings of Greece. We’ll bet you’ve heard of some of the famous – and infamous! – characters already, such as Heracles, (the strongest man on Earth) Zeus, (the God of the sky and king of ...