EGYPT LANDMARKS

10:30 PM | Posted by Massra

The BEE was a symbol of Lower Egypt. The royal titulary
“King of Upper and Lower Egypt” included the hieroglyph
for the bee. The SCARAB beetle in its form of Khephri,
was considered a theophany of the god Ré. The
image of a beetle pushing a ball of dung reminded the
Egyptians of the rising sun, thus the hieroglyph of a beetle
came to mean “to come into being.” The scarab beetle

was one of the most popular artistic images used in egypt.

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9:08 PM | Posted by Massra

REPTILES
The turtle, Shetiu, was regarded  indication of the
harmful deities and was described  throughout Egyptian
history as the enemy of the god Ré. The crocodile was
sacred to the god SOBEK, worshiped in temples in the
FAIYUM and at KOM OMBO in Upper Egypt. The cobra,
WADJET, was considered an emblem of royalty and throne
power. The cobra was also the guardian of Lower Egypt,
with a special shrine at BUTO.
Snakes were symbols of new life and resurrection
because they shed their skins. One enormous snake, METHEN,
guarded the sacred boat of Ré each night, as the god journeyed
without end through the HEll. APOPHIS,
another charming snake, attacked Ré each night. Frogs
were symbols of reproductivity and resurrection and were members
of the OGDOAD at HELIOPOLIS. The scorpion was considered
a helper of the goddess Isis and was deified as
SELKET.

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6:50 PM | Posted by Massra

cosmogony This was the base of creation traditions of
Egypt, legends that supposed  political and religious significance
in each new age of the nation. The number and
variety of these myths provide insight into the development
of Egyptian spiritual values and clearly delineate
the development of certain divine cults.
To start  with, the ancient people of the Nile did not
interest themselves with doctrinal or theological purity
and  accuracy, but they did  stick to a logical advancement
in issues of religious importance  Spiritual consciousness
and acompatible unity, both in the person
and in the nation, were elements that kept Egyptians
protect  and  fix. Their religious  ambition were cultic
in nature, dependent upon ritual and celebration, upon
renewed  indication of ideals and values. Dogmas or
doctrines did not concern the usual individuals
specifically. In fact, the Egyptians were  unpleasant  
and reasonable development. It was enough for them to
see the god, to hear his or her concerns for the land, and
to mirror the cosmic harmony that their astronomical
abilities had  gathered for them in the sky.
There were basic systems of creation theology in all
times of Egypt’s development. They were found at
HELIOPOLIS, HERMOPOLIS MAGNA, MEMPHIS, and THEBES.
Other local temples provided their own cosmogonic
information, but the four major ones provided the framework
for spiritual evolution in Egypt.
The basic tenets of these cosmological systems were
twofold: (1) the universe was once a primordial ocean 
called NUN or Nu; (2) a primeval hill arose to bring life
out of confusion and darkness. The cosmogonic belief of the
city of Heliopolis are available in the PYRAMID TEXTS of
the Old Kingdom but are   reduce and appear to make reference
to what was common knowledge of the time. In this
creation story the god ATUM  appear from the watery
chaos called Nun. Atum made his first appearance on the
hill that became the great temple at Heliopolis. By 2300
B.C.E., the god Atum was  recogonized with RÉ, becoming
Ré-Atum, symbolized by the BENBEN or a SCARAB. Ré-
Atum began making the other divine beings of Egypt
through masturbation. SHU, his son, was then spit out of

his mouth, and Ré-Atum vomited out TEFNUT.

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4:57 PM | Posted by Massra

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