Isis is the Goddess of motherhood and fertility. The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a person's
body after death was essential to ensure a safe passage to the afterlife.
The scarab-beetle god Khepera was The Eye of Horus means sun in egyptian hieroglyphs
believed to push the setting sun along the
sky in the same manner as the bettle with
his ball of dung.
The egyptian gods were used to represent many natural occurances that could not have been explained with their early technology. though they were a very advanced civilization,they were not capeable of explaining some things. For example the sun setting or night. This is why they created the goddess Nut, Goddess of the sky.
Hieroglyphics are a formal writing system
used by the ancient Egyptians that contained
a combination of pictures, symbols and alphebetic
elements.
egypt_pyramids_with_the_egyptian_py.jpg image by sathishcoumar
Four giant statues of Ramses II sit on either side of the entrance to Most pyramids were built as tombs for the country's Pharaohs.
the largest temple at Abu Simbel. Each 65-foot-tall pharaoh weighs almost
2 1/2 million pounds — the weight of 170 elephants.
the Sphinx is a mythological figure which is depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head.
It has its origins in sculpted figures of Old Kingdom Egypt.
Isis is the Goddess of motherhood and fertility. The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a person's
body after death was essential to ensure a safe passage to the afterlife.
The scarab-beetle god Khepera was The Eye of Horus means sun in egyptian hieroglyphs
believed to push the setting sun along the
sky in the same manner as the bettle with
his ball of dung.
The egyptian gods were used to represent many natural occurances that could not have been explained with their early technology. though they were a very advanced civilization,they were not capeable of explaining some things. For example the sun setting or night. This is why they created the goddess Nut, Goddess of the sky.
Hieroglyphics are a formal writing system
used by the ancient Egyptians that contained
a combination of pictures, symbols and alphebetic
elements.
Four giant statues of Ramses II sit on either side of the entrance to Most pyramids were built as tombs for the country's Pharaohs.
the largest temple at Abu Simbel. Each 65-foot-tall pharaoh weighs almost
2 1/2 million pounds — the weight of 170 elephants.
the Sphinx is a mythological figure which is depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head.
It has its origins in sculpted figures of Old Kingdom Egypt.