Ancient Egyptian creation myth started before the universe came to existence, there was nothing but endless darkness, pointless water, and utter chaos. Within the darkness, there was the primordial hill a.k.a the ben-ben on which Atum-Ra resides. Atum stood in complete loneliness and through ...
doi:10.21608/CGUAA.2016.29520suha Mahmoud AhmedGeneral Union of Arab Archeologist & Federation of Arab UniversityThe Conference Book of the General Union of Arab Archeologists
Although the myth of Athena's birth was a story that had fallen from fashion, due to its being somewhat naive & unsophisticated for the time of Pericles, it was chosen to resurrect the story as a fitting depiction to adorn a temple in her honour. As the central portion of the pediment ...
This ordering incorporated a myth of creation, to which was joined the myth of Osiris, whose deeds and attributes ranged from the founding of civilization to kinship, kingship, and succession to office. The ennead excluded the successor figure, Horus, son of Osiris, who is essential to ...