Learn how the ten plagues pronounced upon Egypt by the Lord, through His prophet Moses, correspond with the ten popular Egyptian gods of the time.
Somewhere in between human and divine, they were believed to have been chosen by the gods themselves to serve as their mediators on earth. Because of this, it was in everyone’s interest to keep the king’s majesty intact even after his death, when he was believed to become Osiris, god...
During the annual festival the statues of the three Gods were escorted to the temple of Luxor along the avenue of sphinxes that connect the 2 temples. 6. Great Sphinx Located at the Giza Plateau, The Great Sphinx is one of the largest and oldest monuments in the world, but basic facts ...
In Goshen, where the cattle are but cattle, they remain untouched: "Of the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one" (ver. 6); but in all other parts of the country, where they are reverenced as gods, the plague is upon them, and they die. Osiris, the saviour, cannot...
crocodiles, venomous snakes, and locust plagues—they were convinced that after death they had to negotiate a perilous journey to reach paradise.Surviving this gruelling voyage through an underworld populated by vengeful gods and terrifying demons required all the ingenuity a wandering spirit could ...
to honor their kings and their gods.The physical labor was a honor to their gods.The most important god they have to honor is the sun god by farming corn because if they did not the sun would not rise and plants would die,the fruits would not be non nutritional,and animals would die...