Search
Search Results
![Osiris](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4579.jpg?v=1734345469-1734345558)
Definition
Osiris
Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. The name `Osiris' is the Latinized form of the Egyptian Usir which is interpreted as 'powerful'...
![Ancient Egyptian Symbols](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4572.jpg?v=1721384725-1721384744)
Article
Ancient Egyptian Symbols
Religion in ancient Egypt was fully integrated into the people's daily lives. The gods were present at one's birth, throughout one's life, in the transition from earthly life to the eternal, and continued their care for the soul in the afterlife...
![Ancient Egyptian Mythology](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/775.jpg?v=1734739568)
Definition
Ancient Egyptian Mythology
Egyptian mythology was the belief structure and underlying form of ancient Egyptian culture from at least c. 4000 BCE (as evidenced by burial practices and tomb paintings) to 30 BCE with the death of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic...
![Ra (Egyptian God)](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4260.jpg?v=1737056044)
Definition
Ra (Egyptian God)
Ra (also given as Re) is the sun god of ancient Egypt. He is one of the oldest deities in the Egyptian pantheon and was later merged with others such as Horus, becoming Ra-Horakhty (the morning sun), Amun (as noonday sun), and Atum (the evening...
![Temple of Horus, Edfu](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4590.jpg?v=1730748730)
Image
Temple of Horus, Edfu
A scene depicting Horus' victory over Set from the Temple of Horus at Edfu, built in the Ptolemaic Period.
![Serket](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4687.jpg?v=1730888766-1721374786)
Definition
Serket
Serket (also known as Serqet, Selkis, and Selket) is an Egyptian goddess of protection associated with the scorpion. She was worshipped widely in Lower Egypt as a great Mother Goddess in the Predynastic Period (c. 6000- c. 3150 BCE) and so...
![Thoth](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5403.jpg?v=1735089305)
Definition
Thoth
Thoth is the Egyptian god of writing, magic, wisdom, and the moon. He was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt alternately said to be self-created or born of the seed of Horus from the forehead of Set. As the son of these two deities...
![Roman Mosaic of the Evil Eye](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16835.jpg?v=1671183126-1671607285)
Image
Roman Mosaic of the Evil Eye
Roman mosaic of the Evil Eye from Antioch. The eye is pierced by a trident and sword, pecked by a raven, barked at by a dog, and attacked by a centipede, scorpion, cat, and snake. A horned dwarf with a gigantic phallus crosses two sticks...
![Bird's-Eye View of the Kremlin](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18346.jpg?v=1706083999-1706084017)
Image
Bird's-Eye View of the Kremlin
Bird's-eye view of the Kremlin from the southwest (Moskva River), Moscow, Russia. Photo taken in 1987 by Georgy Nadezhdin /TASS photo chronicle/.
![Trireme Eye](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3333.jpg?v=1654591802)
Image
Trireme Eye
A marble eye which was once attached to the prow of a trireme in order to ward off evil. Traces of the original paint can still be seen. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)