Egypt Travel Guide: Ancient egyptian gods and goddesses

Thoth, the god of writing and wisdom, was sometimes shown as a sacred ibis, a monkey, or as a man with an…

Seth represented turmoil, violence, storms, and arid environments. He is Osiris’ killer according to the Osiris myth (in some versions of the…

In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet, often spelled Sakhmet, was a goddess of war and the slayer of Re’s foes. Sekhmet was linked to…

One of a number of gods connected to the sun, Re was frequently portrayed as having a human body and a hawk’s…

The leader of a triad of gods venerated at Memphis was Ptah. The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet, Ptah’s wife, and the god Nefertem,…

One of Egypt’s most revered gods, Osiris, was the deity of the afterlife. He also represented the cycle of Nile floods that…

Isis’s history is a mystery. She cannot be associated with a definite location, unlike many other gods, and she is not explicitly…

Horus was a sky god linked with battle and hunting, sometimes shown as a falcon or as a man with a falcon’s…

Hathor was frequently shown as a cow, a woman with a cow’s head, or a woman with a cow’s ears. It was…

Anubis was interested in funeral customs and afterlife care. He was frequently shown as a jackal or as a man with a…