Drills were bows, the strings of which were wound around a shaft to which a drill bit had been fastened. The top of this shaft was held steady with a little upside…
Wadj Wer
Wadj Wer was a fertility god who’s name means “Great Green”. His origins were probably either off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast or along the major lagoos of the Nile Delta such as at…
Khenmu
God of the creation of people and animals, have the appearance of a man with the head of a ram. Khenmu formed a triad with Anuket and Satis, and was possibly a…
Indra
Indra is the king of the gods and ruler of the heavens. Indra is the god of thunder and rain and a great warrior, a symbol of courage and strength. Vayu is…
The Red Pyramid History
The inscriptions found on the back of the casing stones gave us clues to how long the pyramid took to build and also revealed the sequence of work that took place. An…
Aten
The mythology of the Aten, the radiant disk of the sun, is not only unique in Egyptian history, but is also one of the most complex and controversial aspects of Ancient Egypt….
Twenty-eighth Dynasty
The forty years ending with the death of Darius II in 404 BC are a complete blank so far as Egypt is concerned. It is only amid the stirring events attending the…
The Buddha
In the sixth century BCE, north India was home to a dozen or more kingdoms and oligarchies, including the kingdom of Koysala, which in the Ramayana is described asbeing ruled by Dasaratha…