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  • Ancient Egyptian Language

    Ancient Egyptian Language

    Text messages were not sent with pyramids. However, a block of the pyramid presented by King Pepi I in 1880 alarmed the new Gaston Maspero, who convinces Mariette to uncover the remains of another pyramid, the Kings of Mererer, at the end of December. Then there came a fantastic discovery: the walls were covered in Egyptian hieroglyphic columns.

  • Writing in Ancient Egypt

    Writing in Ancient Egypt

    Published around 3100 BC, hieroglyphic script was used. They are graven, sacred symbols that bear the gods' utterances and convey the sounds, meanings, and symbols of the drawings they speak.

  • Egyptian Astronomy in Ancient Egypt

    Astronomy in Ancient Egypt

    Astronomy was significant to the Egyptian way of life. The ancient Egyptians were able to anticipate the Nile River's floods and plan agricultural activities by using the celestial vault to create the earliest calendars and sundials.

  • Science in Ancient Egypt

    Science in Ancient Egypt

    The agricultural system of ancient Egypt is connected to its science. The ancient Egyptians created a calendar that divided the year into 365 days in order to control the development of rich land along the flow of the Nile, favoring astronomical study.

  • The economy in ancient Egypt

    The Economy in Ancient Egypt

    Because the area in the Nile valley is so fertile, agriculture has always been the main industry in Egypt. Because of its exceptional agricultural output, temples and pyramids were built with the money earned from farming.

  • Ancient Egyptian Social Structure

    Ancient Egyptian Social Structure

    Ancient Egypt's social and organizational structure was arranged into hierarchical levels, with the monarch at the top. The top of Ancient Egypt's political-social structure was the pharaoh. The pharaoh, who inherited his position at the top of the hierarchical power structure, is the ultimate ruler in the state system.

Ancient Egypt Religion

Information about the Ancient Egyptian God Amun Ra

  • 05 16, 2023

The ancient Egyptians believed that sunset means the beginning of Ra's daily journey, in which he travels in his sacred boat to the underworld every evening, to fight the forces of evil represented by a large snake called Apophis, then returns victorious and shining in the high sky every morning of a new day. See a similar solar boat in the Grand Egyptian Museum through Egypt Classic Tours with Cairo Top Tours professional team. This daily resurrection of Ra was considered by the ancient Egyptians as a sign of the resurrection of man, and also evidence of the victory of the god Ra over the forces of chaos and evil.

 

Furthermore, Ra merged with several gods, including the god Amun, under the name "Amun-Ra", Amun-Ra is the hidden face of Ra, and he also merged with the god Horus, to become Ra-Horakhti when the north and south were united. Egypt Civilization is full of surprises which you can discover through Egypt Easter tour itineraries to live with ancient Egyptians and discover their secrets. Where the worship of Ra was widespread in the north, and the worship of Horus was widespread in the south, the priests united the two gods to become one god under "Re-Hor-achti", who is represented in the image of a man with the head of a falcon, the symbol of (the god Horus), and carries above his head the sun disk.

 

In addition, Amun is the god of the sun and fertility, and the hidden face of Ra, and is always depicted as a man wearing a crown with two feathers coming out of it, the communication with him was only through prayer and supplication. The sincerity of man in his supplication is the only way to the god Amun, so he had great popularity, especially among the poor who had nothing but supplication to the god and submission to him. At a time when the worship of gods was widespread by offering sacrifices and material things, Amun was different from all other gods, his absence from the picture and his being hidden and contact with him only spiritually made his worship close as a monotheistic worship. Learn more about the Egyptian Civilization through Egypt travel packages best itineraries that will provide you with an unforgettable experience through Egyptian history. 

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God Amun Ra is an ancient Egyptian deity considered one of the most significant gods in the Egyptian pantheon. He was believed to be the god of the sun, creation, and fertility, and his worship was widespread in ancient Egypt.

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