When Shaggar ruled alone, the Mamelukes essentially ruled the city anyway. The white slaves imported by the Egyptian governors now ruled Egypt. As children, they were converted to Islam, educated and given…
Category: Ancient Egypt World
Isis, Egyptian mother goddess. (Aset, Eset)
“Throne”. Egyptian mother goddess. Daughter of Geb and Nut according to the Heliopolitan genealogy. Sister and wife of Osiris. Mother of Horus. She was depicted in human form, crowned either by a…
Twenty-ninth Dynasty
After conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BC the sole aim of Egypt’s foreign policy was to defend her independence against an empire which persisted in regarding her simply as a…
Ihy
Ihy was a young god personifying the jubilation emanating from the sacred rattle. The name of Ihy was interpreted by the Egyptians as “sistrum-player” which was the raison d’etre of this god….
Abbasid Period
The first and second Muslim civil wars appear to have made little difference in Cairo’s life, though the governors of Egypt now received their orders from Damascus instead of Medina. It also…
Hammer and chisel
Mallets and chisels were chosen according to the task at hand: big and heavy mallets and sizable chisels for coarse work, carving and inlay work required more delicate implements. The mallets were…
Arensnuphis
Arensnuphis was an anthropomorphic Nubian deity wearing a plumed crown who occurred in southern temples during the Graeco-Roman period, coeval with the Meroitic civilization based around the mid fifth to sixth cataract…
Menhit
God of war, have the appearance of a lion-headed woman. Together with her husband Khenmu and their son Hike, Menhit was worshipped in Upper Egypt, the three were called the Esna Triad….