12 Amazing facts about cats in ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptians were a cat-loving people; cats are represented in a multitude of contexts, that is, as pets or as deities. Their respect and veneration for this animal was so great that the year 525 BC, when the Persians besieged Pelusium, ancient Egyptians lost...Read more
Powers of God Horus
Horus is the name of a god of heaven in ancient Egyptian religion that primarily designates two deities: Horus the Elder (or Horus the Great), the last born of the first five original gods, and the god Horus the Younger, the son of Osiris and Isis. Horus is above all...Read more
Set: god of war and chaos??
Set is the god of the desert, the protector of the desert caravans, protector of the pharaoh, god of war, storms and the army. This deity was one of the leading in ancient Egyptian mythology. He is also considered the god of chaos, brute force, darkness and evil. It...Read more
Palette of Narmer Description
From the beginning of the Egyptian civilization an exceptional piece of art stands out, both for its quality, its meaning and its state of conservation: it is the Palette of Narmer, which dates from the predynastic period (3200 to 2755 BC.) The name of King Narmer has...Read more