Mesopotamia. The Land between the Rivers. The name still conjures up my schoolroom awe at this ancient civilisation, the forerunner of all civilisation, with its marvels and myths. From the fertile land between the Tigris and the Euphrates there grew Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythologies that are still strongly with us today. Seguir leyendo »

Mut was the Mother Goddess, her very name means mother and Mut was perhaps believed to be a sort of grandmother figure, as Isis was the mother figure for the world. Perhaps. Seguir leyendo »

Homage to You, the Cow of Gold,
The Beautiful, with numerous colours,
The Only One in the sky,
Naville, Edouard, The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir El-Baharil Seguir leyendo »

The Egyptians called it Reu nu pert em hru meaning The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day, for it is a book about coming forth, a book about the afterlife. It’s a set of spells, hymns, incantations, prayers and mummification techniques all designed to help the dead person resurrect into a glorious afterlife in the Hall of the Two Truths. Seguir leyendo »

A well known story tells of a plague of frogs which overran Egypt (epidemiological reconstruction of the 10 plagues of Egypt) but the Egyptians knew the significance of the frog before that. She was Heket, with her life-giving powers, manifested on earth in frog form. Seguir leyendo »

She is the protector of cats, women and children. The ancient Egyptians celebrated her feastday on October 31 with convivial merry making, music, dancing in the streets and drinking with friends - the sort of holiday that you and I would recognise instantly. Seguir leyendo »