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Book of the Dead

Book of the Dead. Shant Keusseyan 8B. ' The Book of the Dead' is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as ' The Book of Coming ' [or ' Going' ]' Forth By Day' .

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Book of the Dead

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  1. Book of the Dead Shant Keusseyan 8B

  2. 'The Book of the Dead' is the common name for the ancient Egyptianfunerary text known as 'The Book of Coming '[or 'Going']' Forth By Day'. • The name "Book of the Dead" was the invention of the GermanEgyptologistKarl Richard Lepsius, who published a selection of the texts in 1842. • When it was first discovered, the book of the dead was thought to be an ancient Egyptian Bible.

  3. Anubis- Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology. Egyptian priests wear the mask of Anubis during the time when someone gets mummified for example, when a pharaoh gets mummified a priest would have the mask of Anubis and say prayers for the dead body. a priest would have the mask of Anubis and say prayers for the dead body.

  4. Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god. • He is a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion by the fifth dynasty. • He commanded sky, earth, underworld. He was associated with the falcon.

  5. Thoth (his Greek name derived from the Egyptian *ḏiḥautī, written by Egyptians as ḏḥwty) was considered one of the most important deities of the Egyptian pantheon, often depicted with the head of an Ibis. • His chief shrine was at Khemennu, where he led the local pantheon, later renamed Hermopolis by the Greeks (in reference to him through the Greeks' interpretation that he was the same as Hermes) and Eshmûnên in Coptic.

  6. Horus refers primarily to two separate deities of the Ancient Egyptian Religion: Horus the Elder (Heru-ur) and Horus the Younger (Heru-pa-khart), but also to a number of minor deities. • The Horuses appear in their earliest forms in late Predynastic Egypt. • his name is believed to mean "the high,

  7. Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian mythology and is celebrated as the ideal mother and wife, patron of nature and magic; friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden , as well as listening to the prayers of the wealthy, the maiden, the aristocrat and emperor. • the goddess of the Overarching Sky, and was born on the fourth intercalary day.

  8. Osiris (Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, Ausir, Wesir, or Ausare) is the Egyptian god of life, death, and fertility. • Osiris is one of the oldest gods for whom records have been found and first appears in the Pyramid Texts around 2400 BC, when his cult is already well established.

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