The ancient inscriptions of Sohiel Island. B

The ancient inscriptions of Sohiel Island. B　　

On the island of Sohiel, south of Aswan city in Egypt, there are more than 250 inscriptions incised on rocks and boulders. Most of the Hieroglyphic inscriptions date back to the Middle-kingdom and the New-kingdom, 1800-1400 B.C.
The one is displayed here dates back the reign of king Tutmoses III, the 18th dynasty which about 1400 B.C. The inscription is incised on a granite rock and represents the royal scribe, high-priest and vizier Amunhotep while burning incense as an offering to cartouche of king Tutmoses III. Copyrig ©Musegypt.

The true significance of Hathor in the Egyptian creed and myth. B

The true significance of Hathor in the Egyptian creed and myth. B

Hathor the mother goddess who protects the newly born child for seven successive days until he/she becomes healthy and safe. The myth of the seven protective Hathors is often repeated in almost every birth-chapel and always ends with the seventh-day party where gods all are invited then Hathor would present her rattle-toy to the child. Modern Egyptians had inherited many of these traditions as they still to celebrate the seventh-day birth party and invites all families and neighbors, then the seven grain-seeds should be scattered on floor of the child's house. Also the rattle-toy is presented to the children. Probably the division of the week to be just seven days world wide is after Hathor patronage. The most charming figure for Hathor is the one that represent her melting with a woman face her triangular face, elongated eyes and ears next to a woman cheeks, chin and mouth. . Copyrig ©Musegypt. 　　　

The true significance of Hathor in the Egyptian creed and myth. A

Goddess Hathor.Abu Simble Temple,1200 B.C.


King Narmer tablet" a cast carved by Yasser Kamel,black marble.

The true significance of Hathor in the Egyptian creed and myth. A

Hathor the cow-goddess is among the oldest gods in the Egyptian pantheon. Hathor also was one of the most popular goddesses there as she played the role of the holy mother and the wife for many of the ancient triads of deities. Hathor also was the perfect force that "Ra" had required in order to maintain balance between his flaming heat" skhmet" the urging power of the heat and the gentle force of appeasing "Hathor". Indeed the Egyptian myth describes both of the goddesses Hathor and Sekhmet to be the Yen and Yang. Goddess Hathor had to carry" Ra" the sun god out of the "Nun" the water as he sunk into it in order to appease its energy once he established the basic creation. Hathor the Egyptian Yen-force also had signified for the welfare, the prosperity, the wealth, the harmony and the unity. We can observe that powerful meaning in Predynastic and the archaic tablets that describe the unification trials in ancient Egypt and specifically the one belongs to king's Narmer 3200 B.C.
Starting from the Old-kingdom, 2878 B.C Hathor had become to represent the love, the joy and the maternity. Further on, Hathor was seen representing mainly the joy, the fun, the drunkenness and the fertility. The Bible and the Quraan brought us a very similar historical tale about an ancient Egyptian king and Joseph the prophet and it mentions the king in Egypt to suffer form a successive scary visions and he panicked then asked for counseling the dream-interpreters he had and none of them could help then they released Joseph from his prison and had been able to advise the king of Egypt. The king in his dream could see seven lean cows fierce and eat seven fat cows. According to Joseph's interpretation "Egypt should expect seven years of drought and dearth where the Nile would never flood" So the Hathors will be eaten and there will be no prosperity or welfare. Copyrig ©Musegypt. 2006