Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient life. So much so, in fact, that there are said to be over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon. And while a select few of these mythical ...

Egyptian mythology has a lot of gods. Some of them have loomed large in pop culture and the public imagination: Ra, Apophis, Anubis, Isis, Bast, Osiris, etc. Some are far more obscure. But that in ...

Osiris is the Lord of the Underworld and a god that has other gods work for him. He was the Pharaoh of the gods after Ra left. Osiris wa killed by his brother Set, in a trap. Anubis, the god of ...

Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses provide the names of the 19 regions on Comet 67P — a scientist with the mission talks about how they were chosen. Skip to main content.

A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses by G Hart (London, 1986) The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt by M Lurker; second edition revised by PA Clayton (London, 1981) The Cult of Ra: Sun ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of ...

Find out more. Books. Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt by P Boylan (Oxford, 1922). The Origins of Osiris and his Cult by JG Griffiths (Leiden, 1980). A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses by G ...