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Egyptian Life
Highly interactive site that is jam-packed with information about ancient Egypt. You can look in-depth at the geography of Egypt with several different maps, check out the ancient gods and goddesses, and also learn how people were...
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Eternal Egypt: Sistrum With the Dwarf God Bes
A large and richly decorated sistrum. The traditional and principal decoration is the double head of the goddess Hathor surmounted by an arch. On each side of the head of Hathor is a uraeus; one wears the crown of Upper Egypt and the...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Iunet
The statue depicts the goddess Iunet, who was worshiped with the god Montu in Armant and Tod.
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Eternal Egypt: Seated Statue of the God Thoth
The god of writing and wisdom was Thoth depicted as a baboon. He was also identified with the moon Iah, and was called "Lord of the Moon Eye." On the head of the baboon, personifying Thoth, are both the sun disk and the crescent moon...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Amun and Mut
This beautiful double statue shows two deities from the Theban Triad, the god Amun and his consort, the goddess Mut.
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Eternal Egypt: Mehet Weret
Mehet-Weret's name means "the great flood". She was the cow goddess of the sky. She represents the waterway of heaven, along which the sun god and the king sail.
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Eternal Egypt: Sobek
Sobek was the crocodile god in Ancient Egypt. His consort was the goddess Hathor and their son was the god Khonsu.
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Eternal Egypt: Ihy
Ihy was the son of the goddess Hathor and the god Horus. His name was interpreted as "the sistrum player."
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Eternal Egypt: Ranenutet
Ranenutet, the viper goddess, is the deity of fertile land, the harvest, the corn and the mother of the god of the crops "Neprew".
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Eternal Egypt: Maat
Maat is a goddess personifying truth, justice and moral integrity. Her statue was often offered by the kings to the major gods as a symbol of equilibrium and, thus, their authority to reign.
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Eternal Egypt: Nephthys
Nephthys was one of the nine cosmic gods of Heliopolis. Isis and Nephthys are considered to be the two mourners and the protective goddesses of the deceased.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Isis
The beautiful painted statue represents the goddess Isis standing, and wearing the white headdress called the khat ornamented with a red headband. She is stretching out her arms to protect the invisible body of her husband, the god Osiris.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Hathor Nursing Horus
The goddess Hathor appears in the form of a cow surrounded by papyrus reeds. A young prince, representing the god Horus, kneels and suckles from her udder. The statue is painted white except for the young prince, who is painted dark brown.