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Osiris
Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. The name `Osiris' is the Latinized form of the Egyptian Usir which is interpreted as 'powerful'...
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Pi-Ramesses
Pi-Ramesses (also known as Per-Ramesses, Piramese, Pr-Rameses, Pir-Ramaseu) was the city built as the new capital in the Delta region of ancient Egypt by Ramesses II (known as The Great, 1279-1213 BCE). It was located at the site...
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Tomb Relief of King Osorkon II
When complete, this scene showed Osorkon offering a clepsydra (water clock) to the snake goddess Wadjyt. The King wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Osorkon's wife, queen Karoma, stands by his side. She...
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Palm-Leaf Column of Ramesses II, Pi-Ramesses
Palm-leaf column from Bubastis (Tell Basta), Temple of Baset; originally from Pi-Ramesses (Qantir), Egypt, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) and 22nd Dynasty, reign of Osorkon II (874-850...
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Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
The popular view of life in ancient Egypt is often that it was a death-obsessed culture in which powerful pharaohs forced the people to labor at constructing pyramids and temples and, at an unspecified time, enslaved...
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Egyptian Gods - The Complete List
The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral part of the people's everyday lives for over 3,000 years. There were over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon, many whose names are well known - Isis, Osiris...
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Cats in the Middle Ages
Cats in the Middle Ages were generally disapproved of, regarded as, at best, useful pests and, at worst, agents of Satan, owing to the medieval Church and its association of the cat with evil. Prior to the widespread acceptance...
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The Tales of Prince Setna
Among the most engaging and influential works from Egyptian literature are the stories in the cycle known as Setna I and Setna II or The Tales of Prince Setna. These are fictional works from the Late Period of Ancient...
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Egyptian Cat
Bronze figure of an Egyptian cat playing with one of her kittens and feeding another, Saite 26th Dynasty period (664-525 BCE). The goddess Bastet, who had a cat’s head, was one of the many gods in the polytheistic Egyptian religion...
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Lintel of Amenhotep II
Two symmetrical scenes of the king presenting pots of water or wine to Amun-Ra, "King of the Gods", from Bubastis (Tell Basta), reused in the temple of Bastet, Egypt 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep II, c, 1427-1400 BCE...