Egyptomania

Khonsu, Chons, or Khons is the god of the moon and the god of time in ancient Egypt. As a lunar god, Khonsu is associated with the other lunar god, Thot. He is originally part of the triad with Amun and Mut. He is the child of the union between the air and the sky. He was primarily worshipped at Thebes. In the north, he was considered the son of Ptah and Sekhmet. At the Greco-Roman Kom-Ombo Temple, Khonsu is the son of Sobek and Hathor . He has his own temple at the Karnak Complex. It is from there that his statue was transported, during the Thebian New Year Festival,  to join his parents at the Luxor Temple. Khonsu's Name  There has been a dispute about the meaning of his name. Some scholars suggested that it represented the royal placenta. It is more accepted that Khonsu is derived from the hieroglyphs for "wanderer" or "traveller". ( hns ) means to travel or to cross, referring to the journey of the moon through the sky. Khonsu's Appearance He is usually ...

A 3,000-Year old artificial toe from Ancient Egypt is thought to be the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body part. It was discovered in a tomb near the city of Luxor in 1997 attached to a mummy of a woman named “Ta bakit an mut”. This woman was the daughter of “Amun” a priest who lived in Egypt during the transition period of the 3 rd dynasty of ancient Egypt (710-915 B.C) . Necessity is the mother of invention “Ta bakit an mut” suffered from Atherosclerosis and had her big toe (the hallux) amputated through a skillfully performed surgical procedure using advanced medicine in ancient Egypt. This resulted in complete healing of the skin naturally. It is known that the big toe carries 40% of the body weight and is responsible for forwarding propulsion. Since the ancient Egyptians used to walk in sandals, it was necessary to make a prosthetic device so that “Ta bakit an mut” can lead a normal life. The ancient prosthetic toe display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization,...

The physical body (khet) is one of the five aspects of the ancient Egyptian identity. This body had to preserve its form as the only tangible vessel to the intangible entirety of a human being. Coupled with the ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife, mummification became of paramount importance. When it comes to ancient Egyptian kings and queens, the situation becomes more and more complex. For it was the ancient Egyptian rulers who shall lead their people in the land of the dead, naturally marking their mummies as the most important in the land. In this article we aim to follow the brief stories of some of the kings and queens recently featured in the Pharaoh's Golden Parade transporting them from the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. They now find their resting place at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in a show-stopping display aimed to simulate their original resting place at the Valley of  Kings and Queens.  Entrance to the Royal Mummies Hall, National Museum ...

Seth was also known as Sutekh or Set. He was often associated with the negative aspects of chaos, violence, disorder, war, storms, and foreign lands. He was the brother and husband of Nephthys and the brother of Isis and Osiris. This makes him the son of Geb (the Earth) and Nut (the Sky) and the main antagonist in the famous myth of Osiris.  His name in hieroglyphs is translated as "instigator of confusion" and "destroyer". It is believed that Seth was one of the two gods who gave the power and authority to the pharaohs and that’s why he was respected for his chaotic powers. Some kings used the animal that represented Seth as part of their emblem to evince their dominance and frightening power. Different forms of Seth The physical representation of Seth is different from any other Egyptian deity, whose physical representations were based on known animals, because the animal that represented him is so far unidentified. Seth was usually depicted as a man with an anima...