Horus, the patron god of Egypt, was often portrayed with the head of a hawk ... below illustrate the wide array of animal forms taken by Egyptian gods. They will accompany 30 newly rediscovered ...

and animals in the ancient Egyptian religious world (as amulets and manifestations of gods and goddesses). “We began with life itself, not with religion. First, the children encounter how cattle ...

"In fact, he is also very much a god of life, ensuring the fertility of plants, animals and humans." "Osiris was unusual among Egyptian deities since ... The jackal-headed Anubis is a particularly ...

Ritual use of animal sacrifice is ... While falcon mummies are known from ancient Egypt, these 15 were not. Even more interesting, most were decapitated. A carving on a stele (a stone slab) also found ...

Like some 24-carat Band-Aid, the finely worked gold plaque, inscribed with animal-headed ... first Egyptian king to be mummified), was always portrayed in Egyptian art as a mummiform deity.

Archaeologists made the discovery of the tomb which is the first of its kind due to the fact that it dates back nearly 4,000 ...

Anubis: A jackal-headed deity representing the god of death, who would guide souls to the afterlife. Osiris: God of the underworld. Djed: An ancient Egyptian symbol meaning stability, which ...

Egyptians worshipped many different gods, who were usually depicted ... who had a a falcon-head, a sign of importance of animals in Egyptian religion They found a bird, possibly an ibis, a cat's ...

A team of scientists used a noninvasive technique called neutron tomography to peer inside six Egyptian ... some mummified animals were believed to be physical incarnations of gods.