Posted in The Gods on Feb 16th, 2007
The god Set was, like many Egyptian gods, known by many variants of the same name - Seteh, Setesh and Sutekh being the most common forms. By the Greek period the “t” had become “th”, thereby making Set become known as Seth.
Set, god of the desert, could be interpreted as either meaning “the one who […]
In recent times the name of Imhotep has become famous through it’s association with the films, “The Mummy” and “The Mummy Returns”. These two pieces of fiction create an image of an evil man looking out for nothing more than his own needs.
The account we have of the real Imhotep, however, could not be any […]
Amon was originally a local god from Thebes and became popular in the New Kingdom when kings from there came to power. His name meant “the hidden one”, suggesting that he once had been an invisible natural spirit of some sort.
He was thought to be self-created and was incorporated with the old myths of how […]
Posted in The Gods on Jan 14th, 2007
Ptah was one of the gods credited with creation according to the ancient Egyptians. He was the third most important god in their hierarchy, only coming in behind Ra and Amun.
Often perceived as being mummy like, Ptah carried a staff inscribed with the symbols of life, stability and creation. It was said that Ptah created […]