Ushabti: to the deceased service
The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a restatement of the earthly life and as such the…
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Categoria: Ancient Egypt
The Mysterious God Serapis
The Romans thought that the Christians were only one of the many sects of Galilee, subversive, but…
TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
There seems to be a similarity between the moral codes of the ancient Egyptians and the early Israelites.…
Egyptian Demons and Magic: Exorcising Evil Spirits
Most of us are familiar with the images of the deities, kings and queens of Egypt; but for…
The Esoteric Meaning of the Myth of Osiris
The figure of Osiris can be considered part of a quaternary and a ternary: the relationships with…
Exodus from Egyptian sources
The recent film by Ridley Scott on the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt; has raised discussions…
The religion of light
Pharaoh Amenhotep IV changed the name to Akhenaten in honor of the god Aten. After his death his…
The Book of the Two Ways
The most detailed graphical composition of the Coffin Texts is the “Book of Two Ways”. This collection (also…
Moses the Egyptian
The idea of monotheism is linked to Moses. But the one who embodied this idea and affirmed it…
IL PARADISO E L’INFERNO EGIZIO
Lo scopo di tutti i libri dell’altro mondo era di fornire ai morti una “Guida” o “Manuale”, che…