God of the sky, the firmament, HAVE THE Appearance of a naked woman painted with stars bending over the world, her hands and feet touching the four cardinal points. She is often…
Brahma
Within the hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer. Nevertheless, Brahma grew in a lotus out of the navel of the…
Nephthys
God of the dead, funerals, the house, and women, have the appearance of a woman with the symbols for “basket” and “house” on her head. Nephthys is the sister of Osiris and…
Heqet
Heqet (Heket) was a goddess of childbirth, creation and grain germination. She was depicted as a frog, or a woman with the head of a frog, betraying her connection with water. As…
Stone tools
Stone has basically three functions for which it is suited: pounding, grinding and cutting. A relatively high specific weight and hardness give it much more impact power than a similarly sized piece…
Ament, underworld gates keeper.
God of the gates of the underworld, have the appearance of a woman dressed in the robes of a queen. Ament is the consort of Aken, and it is she who greets…
Heliopolis
One of the three major cities of ancient Egypt, after Thebes and Memphis, Heliopolis, “city of the sun” in Greek, was situated in the area of Tell Hisn on the northwestern outskirts…
The Fatimid Period
In the second half of the tenth century, Egypt in general suffered not only from a number of low Nile floods, which in turn caused famine, but also from poor leadership of…