Egyptian Mythology

Ra made a mistake. He had ruled Egypt and all the earth for longer than anyone could remember, and as […]

The Duat is the most precisely mapped afterlife realm in the ancient world. While the Greek underworld is described in

The Book of the Dead is not a book. It is not dead. And the name was given to it

Egyptian mythology does not have a creation myth. It has at least three, developed in different cities, promoted by different

In the Hall of Two Truths, after death, every Egyptian faced a judgment that determined the remainder of their existence.

The Osiris myth is the central narrative of Egyptian religion. It is not simply the most important story in the

The Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest monolithic statue to survive from the ancient world: 73 metres long, 20

Every night, as the sun god Ra travels through the underworld in his solar barque, Apep attacks. Every night, the

Ammit was not worshipped. This is the first and most important thing to understand about her. In a religion with

Anubis is the most recognisable figure in Egyptian mythology. The jackal head, the black fur, the scales of justice, the