Mysteries Of Ancient Egypt

The Pyramids of Africa

2012-02-13T09:47:00.000-08:00

The Pyramids of Africa

Naturally you have heard of Pyramids, especially the famous great pyramids of Giza. But what do you know about the pyramids of Africa?

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The Great Pyramids of Giza

There are still a lot of people that have only heard of the great Pyramids of Giza, never being aware of the many dozens of pyramids that this holy land contains.

The great Pyramids are the most prominent of them all, because of their tremendous sizes and the mystery of how they did it and why? But they are hardly the only large pyramids in Egypt, merely the most spoken of.

Around 138 pyramids have now been identified in Egypt (2008), and there are probably more yet to be found, some have even been lost. The pyramids you find in Egypt are many different sizes, some are exceptionally large while others are very small.

The Great Pyramids of Egypt

As I said above, the Pyramids of Giza are not the only Pyramids in Egypt, nor are they the only big pyramids in Egypt.

One of my favourite pyramids belong to a very old pharaoh Zoser, his pyramids were constructed by a very famous genies known as Imhotep. The later Greeks loved Imhotep so much that they raised his status to a god.

These are the names of some of the big Pyramids of Egypt

• Zoser (Djoser) Step Pyramid
• The Bent Pyramid
• Unas's Pyramid
• The Black Pyramid
• The Red Pyramid
• Meidum Pyramid

The Pyramids of Nubian, Sudan

If we keep following the Nile southward, we hit the northern boarder of Sudan. Africa is a beautiful place with a lot of different beautiful people and cultures, and Sudan is one among the many.

Sudan's northern part is filled with Pyramids, they are mostly referred to as the Nubian Pyramids, and they are like big cemeteries with pyramids as tombstones.

Nubian people are classified as the most beautiful people on earth, and I surely agree. The hospitality that they posses go beyond any I have ever seen. I really like the Nubian people, and I wish that they would be respected and accepted by their fellow country men.

The Nubian Pyramids are a remarkable sight by themselves. The sheer harmony of their geometric construction is fascinating, and despite being on a much smaller scale than the Egyptians, they illustrate a true mathematical consistency in their architectural construction.

Some of the Nubian Pyramids have pylons attached to them, as you would find in the Egyptian temples. The Nubian seems to have combined the pyramid construction with the front part of a temple construction, which is the visual part of the tomb above the ground. When entering the tomb, it has much the same feel as the Egyptian tombs. They took all three parts and stuck them together as their eternal resting place, whereas the Egyptians would divide them up.

There are so fare 220 Nubian Pyramids, one must wonder what more these parts of Africa holds? I do hope the fighting among people will stop.

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Link to Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Video Page

2012-01-15T19:13:00.000-08:00

If you click this link to the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Video Page, you will automatically be taken to my personal video page. I will be uploading videos to this site that is why you have to remember to bookmark it, so you can return to see which mysterious roads are being revealed.

So fare you can find some unique video clips about
• the Decans
• and a Temple Crypt

It would also be cool to know what you might like to see on the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Video page.
Would you be interested in seeing more about the stars? From the tombs? from the Temple walls?

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Ancient Egyptian Astronomy

2011-10-19T21:45:00.000-07:00

Ancient Egyptian Astronomy

Ancient Egyptian Astronomy is very different from our modern day astronomy, but it was very vital for the ancient Egyptians belief system.

Ancient Egyptian astronomy was a very complex system which has survived for so long, that no one has come near to find any beginning of its creation. Where exactly Ancient Egyptian astronomy descends from is unknown, there are theories but nothing proven by archeological finds.

"From the beginning there were the stars, and when he said there should be light, they alighted and were forever".

The old Pyramid builders are proven to be star worshippers, whereas the later Egyptians would come to change their belief purposely away from the stars. But they always mentioned them, as if they were unsure of which was right, so they kept the names and their beings.

Actually the later Egyptians could not root out the star worshippers from their ancient past, because their basic numeral system was build up by them.

The most important deity was the great lady Sirius, she was called Sopdet in ancient Egypt and she was the queen of the night heaven, the queen of the stars, Queen of the Decans.

The lady Sirius had a great husband who was the famous Orion, and his name was Sah in ancient Egypt, and he was one of the 36 Decans.

The old Pyramid builders believed that their soul would travel towards the pointed star, the pointed star is Sirius.

When a person was deceased, they believed that the soul automatically became a sister or brother to the stars, the greatest gods and goddess whom are below the greatest one, for it was universal.

Ancient Egyptian Astronomy was seen like their writing system, a symbol system rather than a letter system.

The Greeks changed a lot, especially flipping genders and attributes of the gods and goddess. For instance in Ancient Greek mythology the earth was female and called Gaia, whereas in ancient Egyptian astronomy the earth was male and called Geb.

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Mysteries of Ancient Egypt

2011-10-15T20:44:00.000-07:00

The Mysteries of Ancient Egypt

This blog takes you on a journey towards the inner most valuable wisdom from the forgotten past. The mysteries of ancient Egypt are quite unique because a lot was documented in the mysterious land of Egypt by the scribers (writers).

Some of the mysteries of ancient Egypt are well known because such remarkable treasures were left and survives to this present day, which clearly illustrates a higher knowledge. Some of the finds are so mysterious that we don't even know how they were made.

Their achievements have some people speculating into alien theories, I think people with this idea which is based solely upon their belief that an ancient Egyptian were not that cleaver, is absolutely absurd and reflect more about modern man than the ancient people of Egypt.

One just has to look at other mysteries of ancient Egypt than just the pyramids, to easily conclude that they were a remarkable people. If the pyramids were built by aliens then their writing system must be made by aliens too? which is so ridicules to think. Their writing system is as complex as the ancient Chinese writing system, and no one is talking aliens when it comes to the Great Wall of China or their other great monuments.

I look at the ancient people with a scientific mind as well as with a spiritual heart, and I can agree to this, the real mysteries of ancient Egypt are the fact of their knowledge, especially their knowledge of the stars and our systems movement.

The Alien idea might become more relevant when we look at the astronomy of the ancient Egyptian people, which is rather stunning by it self. I quite understand why people would turn towards this possibility, and I won't be the one dissing it. I only dis the fact that people believe monuments to have been built by an alien rather than a human, and offers no proof of such. I follow facts, which are based on solid and logical theories which are based on actual findings. But this does not mean that the other ways are wrong. I believe we each have our path in life.

The mysteries of ancient Egypt reveals a lot of things which are rarely mentioned in regular documentaries or other journals, this is a unique blog because it offers a rather reverse insight to the ancient Egyptians belief system. It is not merely focused on pharaohs and actual archeological findings, but again it is a mixture of it all.

When we look back we will be better able to look into our future, and if we are attentive to our 'human' nature, then we might be able to change ourselves and move towards the dreams instead of living out the nightmares.

The Star Portal

2011-10-14T20:32:00.000-07:00

List all Articles about the Stars in Ancient Egypt

Updated 15.10.2011
This is your main station for all the articles about ancient Egyptian astronomy and astrology, written by Karima Lachtane. Karima runs another blog too The History of Astrology, and she places a lot about ancient Egyptian astronomy there, where as this blog focus on many things from ancient Egypt, especially things which are rather peculiar if not mysterious.

In this post you can easily scan over the articles and find the one you want to read.

0001.	Constellations of Ancient Egypt - Astronomy
0002.	The Decans / The Stars - WATCH VIDEO
0003.	Names of the Decans
0004.	Ancient Egyptian Astrology
0005.	The Fixed Stars in Ancient Egypt
0006.	The Decans on the Astrology Blog
0007.	Full Moon in Ancient Egypt
0008.	The Winter Triangle
0009.	Hippopotamus Goddesses
0010.	The Two Eyes
0011.	Duamutef the Founder of Astrology
0012.	The secret of Anubis The Winter Triangle Online Magazine

This post will be updated along the way.

An Unforgettable Night for a Guide - Private Story

2011-10-12T19:03:00.000-07:00

As you probably already know, I worked as a guide touring between Luxor and Aswan. I think I had been working in Egypt for like two weeks when suddenly something strange happened. It would be an experience that I will never forget, and it still blows my mind to think about.
You might not believe my words, but there were witnesses and believe me, I could not make this up. But the last part is up to you, I just know what I live.

I do hope that its alright to tell this story, Its been years, and there should be no contract breach of this story (or I hope).

So one night after me and my teacher had dinner with our guests, I returned to my room at the lower deck, I needed to prepare for the next day. So there I was tugged up in the bed with around 5 books around me, when suddenly my teacher came storming through the cabin door. With a panic like look she said "Karima we have got an emergency, and you have to jump ship!"
I looked at her and said "Say what?" She went on saying "Here is what has happened, one of our other guides has just left their guests'. The boat signed them in and diverted their attention, so that they did not know the guide hadn't turned up as their boat set sail. The guide is not picking up their phone and we can't find the person. Now Karima, you have to go from this ship to another ship and take care of the guests until we fix the situation."
I remember just being blank as she spoke and thinking "What?..."
She continued "You have to pack some things because you will be travelling with them for a couple of days. Another thing, these guests are on a first class tour, and I think they will be pleased with you. Now the problem lies in as you very well know, that we are sailing right now, and there is no docking until after tomorrow. We have talked to the captain of the ship and he will sail into Esna's shores and so will the other ship, then you have to climb down from this ship and climb up the other ship".

Still in a small state of chock I packed a bag and went with her. We walked all the way through the ship and through the engine room until we reached the end, where people where preparing for what was to come next.

I just have to make a quick input here, been in Egypt less than two weeks, then suddenly I have to climb a ship. I thought it could not be that hard, because the ship did not look that high when it was docking... But sadly I was very mistaken.. It is quite sad that I didn't have a camera with me, but as a guide you really don't have time to stop up and take pictures.

I looked at my guide teacher, and she was now laughing, because the situation was so ridicules. I panicky laughed a little bit too, but what I was seeing was not what I had expected.

First off, these ships are like two floors high, when they just sail up into the sand shore. No matter the situation, it was a remarkable view and something that I will never forget. But it felt film like, you know where you're asking yourself, is this really happening, am I really seeing what I am seeing?
I saw two giant boats ram up on the Nile river shore at Esna, and there was a long way down to the sandy beach. I remember the sky was clear of clouds and I could see the stars and the moon, it was a unique experience indeed.

Well I threw my shoos as hard as I could overboard, then I saw a very small plank being dragged overboard. I looked at my teacher and said "Is that how I'll be getting down from here?" She was laughing very hard, and said "Yes, there is no other way to do this". Now I cannot describe it completely, but there I stood in a white dress and sandals overboard. I was scared, but the adrenalin had completely pumped my body full of its energetic power, so I was ready to go.

One of the ship workers easily took my bag on his shoulder and ran down like it was nothing, I was amazed at how easily he did it. I on the other hand did not do is so easily. I grabbed hold of the ship railing and placed my feet steadily on the plank and began moving down. Pretty interestingly it was not as hard as I had imagined, but the plank did wobble a lot.

On the sand shore I picked up my sandals and looked up at the ship that I had just climbed drown from, and then over to the other.

I did make it, and in a rather good manner, none of the gusts suspected anything and I was not allowed to say.

I have to stop it here, sorry for the long post, but I just thought I share something from my private life experience baggage.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Queen Nefertiti

2011-10-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

She was considered the most beautiful woman of her time, and she would prove herself to be much more than yet another pretty face. Queen Nefertiti was a very strong woman and her background is as mysterious as her being.

Where to locate Queen Nefertiti in ancient Egyptian History

Queen Nefertiti was married to Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) whom is said to be the father of Tutankhamun which means that she was Tutankhamuns stepmother.

As she was the wife of Akhenaton whom ruled Egypt between 1350 and 1334 B.C. (Before Christ), we can place her to pretty much to the same time between 1350 and 1334 B.C.

Queen Nefertiti was born around 100 years after the Great Pharaoh/Queen Hatshepsut and 100 years before the days of Seti I and his son Ramesses II.

If I had to explain how Queen Nefertiti and Akhenaton changed the ancient Egyptian world, this would become a book post. But you most probably already know about the scope of the story, namely they moved the capital and changed the religion, which off course caused a lot of problems for the priest, pretty much making them unemployed.

This is not a post detailing the events that happened, but I do suspect that these events were exactly the reason for what happened next.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Queen Nefertiti

A big and quite interesting question to pose in regards to Queen Nefertiti and her husband Akhenaton is, why did they change things so radically? Akhenaton seems to have followed the old ways as a child, then suddenly everything flips 180 degrees.

Queen Nefertiti just stops being mentioned from the year 13 in Akhenaton's rule, and now their temples are battered ruins. There are so many questions about this family, especially from Akhenaton's time and onwards in their kingdom.

There are some theories that she is the pharaoh Smenkhare, but many seem to disagree on this point, and since no real evidence so fare proves one or the other, this must be left open to future debates.

It is most logical that she has died, but under what circumstance is unknown.

Personal note:
In the Boston museum there exists a block of stone with a relief of Nefertiti, but it is quite different that other reliefs. On it we see Queen Nefertiti depicted in a large boat, with her own image at the end of some big paddles. And Queen Nefertiti is seen standing in the Pharaohs position smiting a captive, which we normally see in regards to the pharaohs wars. In the relief she shows a clear war like nature, but I have never seen Akhenaton in such a pose. Their roles seem to have been reversed, in that Akhenaton seems more feminine like and Queen Nefertiti seems very masculine in her nature.

This could be proof of what kind of fate she might have had. She defiantly angered a lot of priests, whom were used to things in a different manner. Her own father's position as Vizier could also have added to the conflict between the kingdom and the priesthood. It is very obvious that the priests didn't care for her, because there is not a lot of her personal things found, and those that are found in others graves, indicating a clear lack of interest in keeping her and her things together, which was essential for the afterlife in those days.

I know that there was a lot that I did not mention, because as I said that would be equal to a books length. I simply try to give you information that is not mentioned even thou its true, let's call it a different angle on that ancient history, than the regular guide book.

Another post which might also interest you,

Hatshepsut the Queen King

The Outer Coffin of Tutankhamun

2011-09-28T17:18:00.000-07:00

If you ever visit Cairo museum, then you must check out the Tutankhamun section especially the outer coffin of Tutankhamun. Most people are normally more attracted to the famous mask of Tutankhamun, I went the completely different way.

I found myself most attracted to the outer coffin of Tutankhamun, which by themselves are a remarkable achievement.

Do you know what Tutankhamun means?

His name was Tut-ankh-amun
(Note: The pharaohs of ancient Egypt had many names, reflecting different sides to that specific pharaoh (king). Tutankhamun, was also known under his birth name of Tut-ankh-amen (amen was from his fathers days, this would take several books by itself to explain)).

Tut - This part I find rather interesting, because it is not as straight forward to translate.
In this case it means Image of Amen, Image of Atem.

Ankh - The ankh was the symbol of life.

Amun - Amon was one of the great gods (in some periods in time he was the greatest god, depending on the priesthood. Tut-ankh-amun live in what is today known as Luxor, which was a centre for the Amon priesthood).
The word Amun is translated to mean 'what is hidden,' 'what is not seen,' 'what cannot be seen' in short 'hidden'

Tut - Ankh - Amun

The image of Amen - Life - is what is hidden
The image of Atem - Life - is what cannot be seen

other version - made by me (and generally accepted)

Amen - is life - and it remains hidden
The image of Amun - is life - and he remains unseen
The life - of Amen - cannot be seen

A secret Revealed

One could also read his name like this

The image of Amen is the life of Jupiter
or
The Moon - life - Jupiter (if we read Tut as Thoth)

The outer coffin of Tutankhamun

The pictures above shows you a little bit of the outer coffin of Tutankhamun, the boy king. The outer coffin of Tutankhamun was decorated with gold leafs that enhance the strange details upon the coffin.

I classify them as unidentified beings, because their nature is still unknown. One thing I do know for curtain is that these beings belong to the journey of the soul, hereby linking them directly to the stars. The stars will always be the centre of the ancient Egyptian religion, both if you follow the older gods or the Osiris path.

The outer coffin of Tutankhamun is filled with these mysterious beings.

I have always thought that Tutankhamun was a patchy of the events happening between Akhenatons rule and the priest's opposition.

The Forgotten Labyrinth of Egypt - Private Archive #0092

2011-07-26T20:10:00.000-07:00

If you have read my post Private Archive #0091, then this can be seen as Private Archive #0092.
In #0091 posts I told you about a journey that I took to a curtain place in the great desert land. I was looking for a specific pyramid for a very specific reason the forgotten labyrinth of Egypt. I did not disclose this in the other post, but I'll give you a peek now.

From the blog post Private Archive #0091
I am actually standing on the secret chambers of the labyrinth of Egypt

The Forgotten Labyrinth of Egypt - Private Archive #0092

I was looking for the forgotten Labyrinth of Egypt, which belonged to the pharaoh Amenemhat III. He built the greatest labyrinth besides his pyramid, but it was actually not a labyrinth at all. With all its corridors and small temples, people that came from outside Egypt saw it as the labyrinth of Egypt and named it such.

Then what was the Labyrinth of Egypt ?

It was something much more, something more divine in design. For the labyrinth of Egypt was the temple for each city in ancient Egypt, and each city (norme) was representation (of living place) of a god. This is, what is said, but I suspect it to be a dedication not only to the cities (norme's) but also to the Decans (stars). The Decans makes more sense because of the location of the structure, where as the gods and goddess belongs more among the living, on the other side of the Nile (but this is just my theory).

"The ancient Pyramid builders believed in the Starry kingdom (heavenly kingdom of the stars), maybe their pyramid was a pin-pointer for the pointed star which they spoke so much about".

The labyrinth of Egypt was counted to be 1500 chambers linked together above ground and 1500 chambers liked together with corridors of different sizes beneath the ground. The 1500 chamber above ground was for everyone, or should we say for the public. The 1500 chambers beneath the ground was off limits for everyone except priests and others with high statues.

Pretty ironically our car broke down, and I mean it really went down :
)
There we were stuck in the desert and I had to go to the toilet, There is only a Southpark Cartman statement to give to that "bip bip bip DaMmIT!"

Very interestingly in the middle of no where, with only piles of rocks in sight, there suddenly sits a couple of military people. As we approached they came over to us, and asked what we wanted, I told them that we wanted to see the pyramid of Amenemhat III. They were probably wondering why, because there is nothing left, as you can see on the picture above.

The pyramid still stands, but no one can enter, because of the ground water. But I was not there to enter anything, I was merely there because I wanted to observe the terrain, which reveals a lot by itself.

The military personnel kindly took me as fare into the pyramid as one could go, I could have dipped my toes in the dark scary looking water. But they followed us around, and I could not look at things like I wanted to, in total calmness, patiently, letting the sun change the colour of the sand. I felt very rushed.

The 1500 chambers of the labyrinth of Egypt

The labyrinth of Egypt, the part above ground has been lost for ages now. It is so sad that there is so much destruction among men..

"But I am very curtain that the 1500 chambers beneath the ground in the labyrinth of Egypt, still stands, and if I am not mistaken then no one has ever found a way into them, but I am curtain that the way is there. It's locked in the ancient manner, thereby making it invisible for modern man".

The Murder of Amenemhet I and the Lost Millingen Papyrus

2011-06-05T17:04:00.000-07:00

The 12 Dynasty began with the pharaoh Amenemhet I, he ruled between 1991 B.C - 1962 B.C, almost 4000 years ago.

The 200 years or more before the rule of Amenemhet I had been filled with wars, so Amenemhet I task was not a small one, especially considering he was not of royal blood.
But he was indeed in a very good position to take advantages of the turmoil in the kingdom. He is said to have been the vizier of Pharaoh Mentuhotep III. Amenemhet I was also known as Ameny and Ammenemes, he would come to reign for 30 years, and brought a large amount of stability to the country.

To be very honest about this, Amenemhet I gathered together a large army and over threw the pharaoh. But it is also said that he did not stop there, Amenemhet I would not rest until all his rivals were dead. Beginning ones ruler ship through the means of a cup will defiantly give birth to new enemies.
And one night Amenemhet I felt the hunter's breath near his bed.

The Murder of Amenemhet I and The Lost Millingen Papyrus

The Milligen papyrus is lost today, but before it mysteriously disappeared it was copied. It is a very unusual text, because it is a text that was seen as written by Amenemhet I (after his death), to his son Senwosret, about his own murder. It should be seen as a political propaganda poem.

The beginning of the Instruction given by his Majesty the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Seheteo-ib-Re, son of Re, Amenemhet, justified, when he spoke revealing truth to his son, the Lord of all, He said:

"You who have risen as a god, Give heed to what I (Amenemhet I) shall say to you, So that you may reign over the land, rile the shores (of the Nile), And bring about an abundance of what is good and beneficial.

Maintain your vigilance against those who should be subordinate to you, But who turn out not to be so, Men in whose loyalty one can place no trust; Do not let yourself be alone with them.

Put no trust in a brother, Acknowledge no one as a friend, Do not raise up yourself / intimate companions, For nothing is to be gained from them.

When you lie down at night, let your own heart be watchful over you, For no man has any to defend him on the day of anguish. I was generous to the pauper, I sustained the orphan, I caused him who had nothing to become at length like a man of means. But it was one who ate my bread who conspired (against me), One to whom I had given my support devised dread deeds thereby, Those clad in my fine linen behaved toward me like worthless lotus, And those anointed with my myrrh made my way slippery before me (poured water under me).

Oh you my living images, you who share mortality with me, Make mourning for me, mourning such as has never been heard, For the burden of (that) struggle was such as had never been seen. When one fights on the field of struggle with the past forgotten, Excellence is of no avail to him who knows not what he should know.

It was after supper, when darkness had fallen, And I had decided to take an hour of relaxation; I was lying on my bed, for I was tired, And I started / to drift off to sleep.

Weapons (intended for) my protection were raised against me, While I acted like a snake of the desert. I woke up to the fighting, pulled myself together, And found that it was a skirmish of the palace guard.

If I could have quickly taken weapons in my hand, I would have made the cowards retreat in turmoil. But no one is strong at night, and none can fight by himself; No successful result can come about without an ally.

/ And so ruin occurred while I was without you, When the courtiers had not yet heard that I would hand over (the throne) to you, When I had not yet sat down with you so as to confirm your succession; For I was not ready for it, I did not expect it; My heart had not conceived of indolence of the part of the servants.

Had women ever organized the troops? Are revolutionaries ever educated right within the palace? Is the flood let loose so that it may destroy the land? Are people ruined through their own actions? Misfortune had never come near to me since my birth, And there has never arisen one equal to me in doing deeds of valour.

/ I subdued (the land) as far as Yebu, And turned my course back to the Delta. I stood on the borders of the land and perused its interior; I fulfilled the supremacy of power by the manifestation of my might.

I was one who increased therein, (For I was) favoured by Nepri; Hapy gave me honor on every field, So that none hungered during my years, / none thirsted therein. Men took their ease through what I had done And recounted legends about me, For I ordered everything in its proper place.

Amenemhet I poem goes on in the same style, around 7 more paragraphs.

From The Literature of Ancient Egypt ISBN: 977 424 817 1

Since nothing seems to have been investigated, other than the accepted poem, one must wonder if his own son had anything to do with Amenemhet I murder.

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The Lynx God of Ancient Egypt

2011-01-29T16:02:00.000-08:00

Since I was writing and reading about the critical endangered Iberian Lynx, I thought I recognized some things, which you might find interesting too.
A lot of people do not know to many of the ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddess, probably because there are so many, and only a few which professors and scholars speak about.

In E.A. Wallis Budge's book 'The Gods of the Egyptians Vol II' page 363
"The Lynx god of ancient Egypt was called Maftet.
This cat played an interesting part in the Egyptian mythology. The animal is like a large cat and has a small patch of hair on the tip of each ear. In the pyramid texts of Unas (line 548) allusions is made to its attack upon the serpents An-ta-f and Tcheser-tep. And it was evident that the Lynx god was a friend of the deceased.
In the Theban Recension of the book of the dead, Maftet takes part with the gods, including Serquet (the Scorpion goddess) and Maat (Goddess of Justice of balance), in overthrowing the fiend Apep (chaps. xxxiv,,xxxix,,cxlix.) We can therefore assume that the Lynx was a destroyer of serpents, and that the Lynx god was supposed to ward of the attacks of serpents from the dead.
Note: It is very evident that the creature seen killing the enemy from the darkness looked more fierce than a normal house cat.
The Theban Recension book of the dead is actually very interesting. If I had to explain this quickly (in short) then I would say, that this book is made by the ancient Amun priests, and it is actually a opposite belief system than the Pyramid text, which is the oldest religion (the belief of the stars) where the book of the dead, was the new priests (new back then) changed the older system to fit their ego's. Here Osiris and Amun and Ra becomes all important, and the older gods and goddess are placed on a second shelf. - this was just very short. This book of the dead and others, rarely mentiones the ancient stellar gods and goddess (the stars/constellation). Apep is Apophis (the evil snake of darkness)"

In E.A. Wallis Budge's book 'The Gods of the Egyptians Vol I' page 324
"In the chapter xxxixth. the deceased says;
Get thee back, Fiend, before the darts of his beams. Ra hath overthrown thy words, the gods have turned thy face backwards, the Lynx Maftet, hath torn open thy breast, the Scorpion goddess, hath cats fetters upon thee, and Maat hath sent forth thy destruction..
The fact that Maftet (the Lynx) was mentioned in Unas' burial text, a pharaoh (king) of the pyramid days, clearly gives a indication of how old this god was in Egyptian mythology."

Another thing to notice, is how Maftet is aided by the Scorpion goddess and the goddess Maat.
These ancient texts speak about a story of the Sun, how Ra the Sun, would travel across the sky. It is said that Ra would take the form of a Lynx and rip open the evil snake Apep.
This opens up to the idea that it is not just a normal cat portrayed in the tomb, as killing Apep, but actually the Lynx god.

Please read this article about The Critically Endangered Iberian Lynx - Help to Save This Wildcat!

Names of The Decans

2011-01-16T16:55:00.000-08:00

Ancient astronomy was a deeply integrated part of the ancient Egyptian religion. Actually ancient astronomy was the first religion ever believed in.

I one day made a promise, and here is the fulfilment of that promise :) - The Decans and their names (Greek version).

You gaze at them at night, they have been beside you always. Their wonders go beyond human comprehension, and the knowledge of them, is a mystery unknown to modern man. The 36 Decans are stars, to be exact 36 stars, which were important for the ancient Egyptian.
They are the birth stone of Ancient Astronomy in the land of Egypt.

What are the 36 Decans?

The 36 Decans, also known as 36 stars (the weekly stars), and they are an essential part of the ancient Egyptian mindset, they are key players in the passing of the soul, which is proven by the images found in the tombs. The best way to classify them, would be as gods and goddess. Those beings that have No choice but to follow a higher force. This is not something that I make up my dear friend, I do not know why no one really speaks more about it, their knowledge do go beyond anything we've ever seen or heard of. Some people are baffled by the Pyramids, but the words written on the walls should also baffle people, yet not so many really know what is says on the walls. Let me be the first to tell you, firstly they speak to the heart of the people, what we today would call politics, compromises, the reason for such building/temple to be built, and so on. But as you move inside the temple/building, do walk slow, and do think, if you are ever there (in any temple). You will walk from the light of day into chambers of darkness, be not frighten for this darkness contains no monsters, except if your soul is filled with sin. But even a sinner may walk this path, if they have a regretting heart. With out you knowing it, many of these Decans are watching you as you walk into their domain. Their names and images portrayed right in front of you, yet you do not see them. But listen ye well, for I will only tell, this; They are only shown on one side of the Nile, on the other side, other things are mentioned, but still these are also to be found there (but indeed much harder to find).

Here I give you the names of the 36 Decans.

Tepa-Kenmut Kenmut,
Kher-khept-Kenmut, Ha-tchat,
Pehui-tchat, Themat-Hert,
Themat-Khert, Ustha,
Bekatha, Tepa-khentet,
Khentet-Hert, Khentet-Khert,
Themes-En-Khentet, Sapt-Khennu,
Her-Ab-Uaa, Shesmu,
Kenmu, Semtet,
Tepa-Semt, Sert,
Sasa-Sert, Kher-khept-Sert,
Khukhu, Baba,
Khent-Heru, Her-Ab-Khentu,
Qet, Sasaqet,
Art, Khau,
Remen-Heru-An-Sah, Mestcher-Sah,
Remen-Kher-Sah, A-Sah,
Sah, Septet,

And watch this -> Video clip in another post about ancient astronomy

The Mysterious False Door in the Cairo Museum

2010-10-16T20:57:00.000-07:00

I am not sure if I find things, or if I am drawn to things, making it them, that find me?

Second time I was in Egypt, I visited the Cairo museum, the biggest museum in the world (according to my thoughts) :) There are so many things there from the ancient world, that it would take months to see them all. I had my camera with me and was actually running out of film, when my eyes suddenly caught something, which was placed on a lower shelf (beneath knee height) some meters away. I quickly walked towards it, I could see that it was a false door. A false door is something the ancient Egyptian would use in their tombs, the purpose of these false doors is for the Ba of the deceased (Ba, a kind of spirit being). what stunned me the most about it, was the writing upon the false door, which did not look like the ancient Egyptians at all. I recognized the alphabet immediately, because I had just been working with this alphabet. As I was studying my fathers roots, I quickly read about their language and alphabet - Tamazight, which comes very close to the writing upon the false door above (again a personal opinion), if not identical.

Whales in ancient Egypt

2010-06-29T16:41:00.000-07:00

This post actually belongs to the blog History of astrology, and yet it is probably best placed here, because it is about ancient Egypt. In the last two blog posts on my astro-blog, I was looking closer at the constellation known as Cetus, also known as the whale (whale fish). I did some further research on whales themselves, to see their ancient history, where I came across something rather interesting.

I have said a couple of times before, when you walk around in Egypt, you are actually walking on a ancient Sea bottom. This is a fascinating thought, so off course there must exist ancient fossils of some kind.
I was looking through the Whales history, when I came to the mysterious creature known as Basilosaurus also known as the King Lizard. This whale lived around 40 million years ago, and it is the ancestor of most baleen whales of today (as fare as I can conclude). another interesting fact about this creature, the Basilosaurus, descends from a land animal. This means that many million years ago this animal walked on land, and little by little it walked into the water, staying longer in the water each time. One day, today, this animal has become the great Blue whale, the biggest animal on earth.
In ancient days people would actually believe these creatures to be some sort of reptilian sea monster, which could have given birth to some very scary stories in mans beginning, when ever that was? (actually there are more evidence of man being around before some of the continents separated).
Back at the beginning of the 19 century an expedition went to the area known as Faiyum in Egypt, where they discovered ancient fossils of different creatures. This place was depth the Valley of the Whales, because there were so many skeletons, like an ancient grave site. There was found 250 Basilosaurus skeletons, and some of them seem to have interesting 'extra' parts.
When I visited Faiyum, , I went there to see one specific pyramid. In retrospect I find it rather interesting that a pyramid is build near this fossil area. And I could defiantly see how some people would create stories with great sea monsters, one must wonder what the ancient people thought when they saw such giant bones. Even more interesting is the fact that there is no real reproduction of such whales in the ancient Egyptian archive (of what has been found and to my knowledge). I do not believe that they did not know about these skeletons, this would be impossible, due to the fact that they worked and lived there. So why wasn't these animals depicted, could it be because they did not exist anymore? (extinct).

Rameses II Heb-Sed festival scene

2010-06-20T07:48:00.001-07:00

As I walked alone, I was suddenly ripped from my dream like state back into reality, by the so familiar Heb-Sed festival scene. I thought it looked so beautifully, the rounded curves made it look smooth like. I wanted to know more.

Or should I say, that this is a picture of one of the Heb-sed festival scenes.
As I have come to find, these scenes are actually portrayed many places, but also different in looks. Again drawing away from the theory of the Heb-sed festival being a 30 year celebration.
For me it seems more like a ritual displaying the pharaoh uniting the Upper and Lower part of Egypt, another way of proclaiming his right as a pharaoh. I think this because; In this ritual Ramesses II is wearing the Red crown of Lower Egypt, and in an earlier post about Thutmose III Hed sed festival scene, he is wearing the white crown Upper Egypt. I have found many scenes where they are wearing different crows and running with different sacred objects in their hands, it might be something completely different, than the uniting of the land. No matter what it is an interesting ritual scene, and was clearly very important in ancient days.
As you so easily can see upon the picture above, this is the pharaoh Ramesses II Heb Sed festival.
He is Not the pharaoh mentioned in the Bible, and it is proven by real facts. One such fact is that the pharaoh in the bible tries to follow the Jews across the river, which Moses (with the ancient knowledge) split open so that they could flee. The pharaoh ordered his soldiers after them, and the sea swallowed them up. If the Pharaoh Ramesses II was lost at sea or was killed by such, he would hardly be on display in Cairo museum, and if it was him, then he was a very old man when chasing the Jews, hardly likely. Then there is the timeline, this fare from adds up. But because Ramesses II was the great king he was, the name Ramesses became a very loved name, and many pharaohs would be called that.

The Broken stone of Senusret I 1971 - 1926 B.C.

2010-06-18T19:19:00.000-07:00

So many years have pasted since the glory days of these great ancient civilization, and many things still lie in great ruins. Inside and around each temple, so many objects are still lying around waiting for their placement in the ancient hierarchy. This is one of such engraved stones which is waiting.

Again I notice the artistically difference upon different rocks, especially around the so-called Greek temples. It is so easy to see, that once there stood buildings of much older dates.
This object grabbed my attention because it looked much older than the Greek period, and the Horus name, which I have never seen a Greek pharaoh have. Furthermore it was a Granite stone, again I haven't seen such beautiful work on Granite, from the Greeks period.

What can be seen on this engraving is a goddess praising a Horus name of an pharaoh. The Horus name is normal written inside a square called a Serekh (which you can see in the image, with the glow around it). This is probably one of the most ancient of ways to write the pharaohs name, besides this they also have another name written in a cartouche. Well back to this piece.
I looked in all of my books, and I could only find one pharaoh with this Horus name. This pharaoh is known under the name Senusret I, a pharaoh from the 12 Dynasty (which was between 1971 - 1926 B.C. - almost 2000 years before Christ).

I could not identify one of the characters in his name (see red ink on the image above), but I still suspect it to be him, both because of how they easily could change their names (sometimes just some characters in their name), and also because of the quality of the engravings, and then again, on Granite.
The 12 Dynasty is known for its magnificent artistically heights, both the literature and the artefacts of this time period, are truly beautiful.
I think the Goddess in the relief, could be the Lion Goddess Sekhmet or maybe some older version of the Goddess Hathor (Herher).

Full Moon in ancient Egypt

2010-06-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

Behold the Eye of the Night, as one eye is closed another opens its heavenly light and gives light among the darkness. She is the companion of his majesty the Sun, they are the true Romeo and Juliet, never being able to reach each other, the divine power has ruled it so. Like a ghostly figure she is forever doomed to be an earthly slave, the second place in our galaxy.

The picture above is said to be, The Udjat or Full Moon containing its 14 days.
In the Book 'From Fetish to God in ancient Egypt' by E.A. Wallis Budge.
Besides a sketch of the above picture, this was written:
I am washed. I am washed. I am washed. I am washed. My purity(?) is the purity of the great BENU which is in Hensu. For I am that Nose of the Lord of the Winds (Thoth), who maketh all mankind to live, on the day of the filling of the UDJAT (Full Moon) in Annu in the second month of the season of PERT, the last day [In the presence of the Lord of this land]. I have seen the fullness of the UDJAT (Full Moon) in Annu. Evil shall not happen to me in this land, in the Hall of MATTI, because I know the Names of these gods who are therein [who are the followers of the Great God].

I located This engraving upon a temple ceiling, I almost broke my back trying to hold the camera still in a bent backwards position. I could not see all the details in the picture, only when I got home and saw the picture in full. When I got to look at the picture at home I noticed something. In the Eye-ball itself, it looks as if there is a small body of some sort, most probably a young boy with his finger in his mouth (A very famous scene of ancient days). I have made some close ups of the eye itself, as you can see. Actually it also looks as if a goat like creature is coming riding into the picture, from the below corner where the Anubis creatures stand.

On the engraving is a big ball with an Eye and 14 small bodies in it, are placed on a boat. In the boat some of the Gods and Goddess are seen, the preserved side is where you see the rudders, it Looks like either Ra or Ra-Herakhty (in his Falcon headed form) standing in front of the ball (probably representing the Full Moon itself).
You should see the above engraving like this:
The Moon traveling over the dark blue celestial water abyss, protected by Gods and Goddess, who will fight the battle to return yet another day. Like keeping time a float.

The Book of the Dead

2010-05-31T19:32:00.000-07:00

What is the Book of the Dead? Was it a story or something like a testement? It is one of the most important works of ancient Egypt, dating back over 2000 years.

It is a collection of chapters, found on tomb walls and on papyrus (paper made by a plant called the Papyrus plant). Actually it is a misleading name in some sense, for it is more about life, than the death of a person. The papyrus scrolls found in tombs and elsewhere, tend to have the Judgment scene as we now know so well, and the negative confession of the deceased. The papyrus scrolls which I have seen, I actually would call some sort of book of the dead (as Egyptologist have chosen to call it), because it shows scenes such as the funeral procession, and the burial rituals. You see the things brought inside the tomb and the mourners as they come walking behind the coffin (sarcophagus) crying their hearts out and making a noise in despair.
It is probably the first known guide book to be published on paper/papyrus.
Each section of text is usually called a spell, and are from many different places. Oddly enough, there haven't been found a scroll or wall which contains all the spells in one place (at least not to my knowledge), they seem to be scattered around. They also seem to be copies of some older texts, which haven't been found either.
In more modern times it has been depth 'book/spells of coming (or going) forth by day', which is exactly what it is. The book guides the soul/spirit in coming forth and going through the hard passage of 'death' which will transform the spirit/soul and make it free of its earthly bonds. Some thought that they would reincarnate into a new world which was like the world they just left, others believed that their soul/spirit would travel up among the stars.

So it is not just a story and it is not just a testament, but an actually guide book for the body and the soul of the deceased.

Read the Book of the Dead by E. A. Wallis Budge online, and right
now.

Thutmose III Heb-Sed festival stele - CASE STUDY

2010-05-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

Click the image to see a larger view.

Dendera temple is said to belong to the Greek period of the Egyptian time line, more precisely to the Ptolemy period (331 BC - 30AD).
When I visited Dendera temple the last time, I took some pictures out side the temple. I remember that I was struck by a deep fascination, when I took notice of some object which had unusually beautiful engravings upon them, not matching the Ptolemy artist style. I clearly remember telling myself that this was not the art of the Greeks, then I thought it looks like the time of Queen Hatshepsut (1500-1400 BC), the style they used in her days.

Heb-Sed Festival

I was lucky to have had a course where the Egyptology teacher spoke with deep passion about the Heb-Sed festival which the ancient pharaohs would perform. In that case the teacher was speaking about the pharaoh Djoser, namely from the pyramid time period. I was deeply fascinated, I don't really know why. When I then visited Egypt last, I saw this scene in every temple I visited, except a few (but I would probably guess that they were there, I just didn't find them). I took pictures of all that I saw, and funny enough, again I don't know why. The reason why I wonder why this interested me, is because I am mostly fascinated by their beliefs and religion as we call it today, not that much about pharaohs.
But maybe it was the fascination of a religious ritual, which I found to be like a standard scene of some sort.
The scene is called Heb-Sed or just the Sed festival, and it was a very important ritual which we only see preformed by the pharaohs. One could call it a ritual which determent if the pharaoh was fit to rule and ruled with justice (Matt). No one knows where this ritual descends from or when it began to be practiced, but even other pharaohs/kings coming from different cultures, seem to have been depicting the same ritual scene. It was a huge festival in ancient days, probably one of the only times where the normal people got to see the pharaoh perform a sacred ritual.
It is said that the Heb-sed festival was held every 30 years in a pharaohs reign, which lead some to suspect that a pharaoh would only have one, if any at all. But most pharaohs have had this scene made for them on countless temple walls, and many of these pharaohs were a long way from a reign of 30 or more years, so could it be possible that it is not a 30 year celebration?
It is the Jackal god called Wepwawet that is thought to be connected to the Heb-Sed festival. Actually there is an ancient god called Sed, and it is him that the festival is dedicated too. The actually meaning of the god Sed, seems to be lost, the only thing known about Sed is that he was also associated with the goddess Matt, being a champion of Justice. even in ancient days the Egyptian would change his attributes and they ended up with Wepwawet, who is also an ancient god. When the Egyptian reign came near its end, the Wapwawet worship was centered around a city the Greeks called Lykopolis or Wolf city, and by Arabic it is known as Asyut.
The pharaoh gave offerings to a goddess called Sechat-Hor, a mythological cow that provided milk (drink of immortality) to Horus. The next stage was that the nobles gathering together in front of the pharaoh, and rededicate their ligancy to him. Here after the pharaoh would run in the holy Sed court, he would do so carrying different sacred objects. At some point in the ritual the priests would led the pharaoh to a curtain place where the pharaoh was given the two crowns of Egypt, renewing the crowning ritual.

The Anubis Sphinx

2010-05-15T18:59:00.000-07:00

As I was walking towards the entrance, the temple revealed its magnificent structure before my eyes. I was captivated by the Pylons and the time that had past by. I will never know if it was the wind or a subtle voice from within, that made me turn my head, but I did. There stood an Anubis sphinx, which I had never seen before. I have been many times to these ancient parts, and never had I seen this statue before. As I was walking towards the tourist entrance, I could not see any statue, everything blended together in a light sand colour. But walking into the temple area and turning my head, I was suddenly surprised by a beautiful statue of Anubis upon his shrine.

The Winter Triangle

2010-03-11T14:46:00.000-08:00

Not everyone knows about the winter triangle, but it has been recognized since before our ancestors time. Three points in the deep heavens, that connects three stars.

Because one of my obsessions is the religion of ancient Egypt, I find these three points very interesting. I also feel like it is a defiantly proof of the supreme knowledge that the ancient people had. And it seems rather tragic comedy-like, that these things exist before our eyes, but we have forgotten about it.

The three points that make up the winter triangle are,
The famous Sirius, and the star Betelgeuse, and last but not least the star Procyon. Furthermore each of these stars are located in three different constellations, hereby also connecting three big constellations to each other.

• Sirius,
is located in the nose of the great dog constellation, which is also known as Canis Major.

• Betelgeuse,
is the star that marks the shoulder of the great hunter Orion.

• Procyon,
is the heart of the constellation Canis Minor, also known as the Lesser dog.

These three stars and constellations have a direct link to the ancient Egyptian belief system. Orion and Sirius are identified in the oldest document surviving from this culture, namely known as the Pyramid texts.

The location of these three constellations, is even more interesting.
• The ancient people believed that Sirius was the Queen of 36 stars known as the Decan's, she was also known under the name of 'year'. And when she rose over the life giving Nile, she would mark the beginning of a New Year (the same as our New Years eve).

• Orion was seen as the husband of Sirius, and he was one of the 36 stars under her, Orion was known as 'Sah' in those ancient days.

Considering that Sirius and Orion was seen as husband and wife, makes the location of these two constellation even more interesting.
The winter triangle is located in our galaxy's most beautiful place, across the milky way.
One star is located on one side of the milky way, and the two other stars are placed on the other side. It is Sirius and Orion that are placed besides each other on one side of the Milky way, husband and wife.

The last star of the winter triangle, Procyon, is a little bit harder to place.

The book The Secret of Anubis, The Winter Triangle follows a logical path, both through ancient texts, as well as images and illustrations through our history. It follows the path of exclusion, by excluding what is known, we automatically become aware of what is not known. Meanwhile using the exclusion method to reach the winter triangle's last star, the reader will be introduced to the complex nature of the ancient Egyptian's mindset, and how complex their writing system really is. The zodiac circle from Dendara temple (now at the Louver museum in Paris) is closely analyzed and reveals the planets and the zodiac signs themselves, as we see them today. By being aware of these points, we can narrow in on the most logical and probable location of the North star Procyon.
Hereby making us able to see the winter triangle's location upon the Dendara zodiac chart, meanwhile finding these points of the triangle, the reader will be introduced to ancient Egyptian mythology, and see how the old star maps, have changed through our history.

Resource,
The secret of Anubis, the winter triangle ISBN 87-991527-9-7

Hippopotamus Goddesses

2010-01-27T20:54:00.001-08:00

She was one of the Great Ones, her motherly nature was touched by Nut and Mutt, the great mother goddesses. The hippopotamus goddess was seen as a 'Mother goddess' with a protective power. Yet she is portrayed with a mix of deadly animals, which create a horror looking creature. The Hippopotamus was widely known in ancient days, again and like all other gods and goddess, it had two sides to its nature, the protective, and the destructive. Many things about ancient Egyptian mythology and beliefs (probably one and the same thing back then) are still being debated. Some subjects are just left alone, or only studied by the very few. But one debate is (among some) that are the goddess the same just with different names and portrayed differently? Or are there more than one goddess? In this post we will take a very short look at two of these ancient hippopotamus goddess.

Ipet (Apet/Opet); She was a very ancient primal goddess. Sometimes her name is found with Mutt's and Nut's name, connecting them and their natures. She is also believed to be the Star Draconis, which connects her to the afterlife - the soul's journey.

Reret; means 'sow' she was also known as Reret-weret, which means the Great Sow. She is in this form a representation of the constellation called 'Isis' and this constellation seem to be our day Draco. In ancient days around 2500 B.C the pole-star was known as Thuban, and this star lies inside Draco.

Bastet, the great Lady of the East

2010-01-12T18:47:00.000-08:00

A huge shadow suddenly jumps before me, I am so chocked that I take a step back. My heart begins to beat harder and faster as I see it walking slowly towards me. A long tail makes sudden movement, as if it was a snake ready to strike. Covered in fear I look around to see if I can escape, I cannot… Is it a Tiger, is it a Lion? Questions and fear is making my body shake but unable to move… I stand as the shadow comes ever so close, and I hold my breath, as if the breath would take me away from reality… Suddenly a little cat jumps out from behind a wall, wiggling its tail and body up the wall. Kindly it comes nearer, and away went my fear. Such a beauty of strength and grace, that is truly Bastet.

She was the foremost goddess of the eastern part of the Delta, and both she and her city are very old. Bastet was original a lioness goddess but people changed her look and she became depicted as a woman with a cat's head. She had her own city/nome, which is mentioned in the bible, this city was called Bubastis. She is mentioned in many ancient texts, she was the daughter of Ra the Sun god. According to some old legends, Bastet was the personification of the soul of Isis.
In different cities/nomes Bastet's mythology changes, such as we find in Thebes (Luxor) where Bastet was identified with the goddess Mutt. In Dendera she was seen as the female counter part of Tem (In this city she was known under the name of Tem-t).
As the daughter of Ra she became the 'eye of Ra' but she was also connected to the Moon, where she was referred to as the 'eye of the Moon'. She would protect her father in his soul journey, and therefore Bastet were the protector of all who passed. She would fight the great enemy Apophis, a hideous snake that was on the soul's journey. She is said to be as fears as Sekhmet. Later on this cat goddess would become a symbol of motherhood, and a protective motherly nature.
In ancient Greece Bastet would be the parallel of the goddess Artemis.
She was seen as the heat of the Sun, a goddess of fire.
The reincarnation of the goddess had special marks, a curtain look, so did the reincarnation of the cat goddess Bastet. When they found the cat with those special markings, they would take it to a special temple, the temple of Neith at Sais.
Much more could be written about Bastet the Cat Goddess.

The Mummy, the movie - Fact or fiction?

2009-12-29T15:27:00.001-08:00

The movie has taken a lot of people upon a journey into ancient Egypt, or did it? Was there really an evil priest named Imhotep, and did he go against the Pharaoh (king)? These are some of the topics taken up in this short blog post.

Hamunaptra, is it real or isn't it?

Actually in the movie Hamunaptra was said to symbolize the "city of the Dead," but the ancient Egyptian 'city of the Dead' is mostly referred to as the 'Valley of the kings and Queens.' But this part of the movie is a kind of fiction, because it is said that a city in India was named Hamunaptra. In the movie the city of the dead, could not be seen, only on specific times. There could be some truth to this, because desert sand and its environment is able to fool the eyes, and building in the colors that they did, this could be possible or seem like it. The Valley of the Kings and Queens, was hidden, but since it has always had some tombs opened/found, it has always been known about.

Did Imhotep exist?

Yes Imhotep existed, but we have to go back to the ancient Pyramid builders, before we find him. He was a loyal and dear friend of the Pharaoh (king).
Read more about Imhotep here

Does the Anubis army exist?

In the Second Mummy movie, where the Scorpion king made a deal with the god Anubis, in exchanged for the king soul, Anubis would grant endless power.
In the real historical records, there is a hint of something a like.
While walking in Karnak temple one day, I stumbled upon an interesting relief. A lot of Anubis characters walking in straight line, like in a march, and on the opposite side were a straight line of Horus/Ra gods. In ancient Egyptian mythology it was probably likely that they believed they could call his power forth, and that all the gods and goddess could aid him, in the same form as Anubis.

The treasure chambers?

Oh yes the land of ancient Egypt is filled with treasures, still to this day, why do you think some people have 'patent' on it ;)
In my guide book A magical guide to Luxor temple its revealed where one was found, and where most of the objects from this treasure can be found.

Most of the movies are fiction in some sense, yet it is well mixed with real people from ancient Egypt, but they are not portrayed in the correct manner.

What a Human consist off

2009-12-27T14:00:00.000-08:00

- In ancient Egypt
The complexity of ancient Egyptian knowledge is clear to see, when reading their old texts. Just to study how they believed in seven 'spirits/sides' to a human, one must be in awe of them. A perfect harmony to all the gods and goddess and the Universal Lord, each as important as the other.
What is Age?
When we do not fully understand the concept of time?
• KA = (Double) Spirit guide, The higher self of a human, a spiritual energy.

• BA = Can best be referred to as the astral body, the soul of the body, and it could move.

• KHAT = the physical body, the corpse.

• KHAIBIT = A person's shadow. The negative aspects of the personality.

• AB = the heart of a person, the Essen's of that being.

• AKH = The shining spirit. The perfect Ba, like a flower that grew from a seed, so does the Akh grow from the Ba.

• SAHU = The divine body, that the Akh lives in.

• REN = The name of a person.

Personal Note:
To this list must be added the fact, that each is not that easy to explain. And each is mentioned many times in ancient texts, but sometimes referred to differently. In some places it would seem that the Ba is not just a 'soul' but was also material in some manner, acting much like a ghost.
In some myths, humans were formed by the water that flowed from Ra's eyes, when he wept. They fell upon earths dust and as Ra had a Ba, so did he create each human with the same, a Ba.
Another word that might need some more studying is the word 'Sahu', which in some cases refers to a group of beings, in some texts these groups worked on the mental and spiritual level. And in the above list, we find it speaking about a divine body, which the akh lives in. We now have more questions than answers. The divine body could refer to a giant being, maybe even the universe as a great living organism, and containing many and different akh's? There can be made many theories surrounding these words, but they did not think of life or mankind as being simple.