Kherty was a ram god with a dual nature of hostility and protection. From Kherty the king has to be protected by no less a deity than Re. However, Kherty, as his…
Fourth Dynasty
Of contemporary remains of Dynasty III, there is nothing more to record save some blocks of a temple built by Djoser at Heliopolis, so that we may now pass to the period…
Sabarimala Temple
Perhaps the best known pilgrimage destination in Kerala, Sabarimala is situated high up in the Sahyadri Mountains. Sabarimala Sri Dharmasastha Temple is the most famous and prominent among all the Sastha Temples….
Andjety
Andjety in his anthropomorphic form was originally worshipped in the mid-Delta in the Lower ninth nome. Andjety was the precursor of Osiris at the cult center of Busiris. The iconography of this…
Pakhet
God of inner strength, especially that of women, have the appearance of a woman with the head of a lioness. Pakhet in all likelihood was a combination of Bast and Sekhmet. As…
Upper Paleolithic: 30,000 – 10,000 BC
Some time around the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic, or in the few centuries before it, the Mousterian Pluvial ended and desert once again reclaimed the Sahara region. Fleeing the desert, many…
Set
God of winds, storms, chaos, evil, darkness, strength, war, conflict, Upper Egypt, have the appearance of a man with the head of a jackal-like animal. In depictions of his battle with Horus…
Rama Navami
Ram Navami is celebrated in the Hindu month of Chaitra and on the ninth day of the bright lunar phase, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sri Ram. The incarnation of Sri…