Thoth: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Egyptian God Who Maintains the...

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Thoth: The History And Legacy Of The Ancient Egyptian God Who Maintains The UniverseISBN13:9781722658502ISBN10:1722658509Author:Charles River Editors (Author)Description:*Includes Pictures *Includes Ancient Accounts *Includes Online Resources And A Bibliography For Further Reading Thus Says Thoth, Judge Of Truth, To The Great Ennead Which Is In The Presence Of Osiris: Hear This Word Of Very Truth I Have Judged The Heart Of The Deceased And His Soul Stands As A Witness For Him His Deeds Are Righteous In The Great Balance, And No Sin Has Been Found In Him Africa May Have Given Rise To The First Human Beings, And Egypt Probably Gave Rise To The First Great Civilizations, Which Continue To Fascinate Modern Societies Across The Globe Nearly 5,000 Years Later From The Library And Lighthouse Of Alexandria To The Great Pyramid At Giza, The Ancient Egyptians Produced Several Wonders Of The World, Revolutionized Architecture And Construction, Created Some Of The World's First Systems Of Mathematics And Medicine, And Established Language And Art That Spread Across The Known World With World-Famous Leaders Like King Tut And Cleopatra, It's No Wonder That Today's World Has So Many Egyptologists Perhaps The Most Intriguing Aspect Of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Was Its Inception From The Ground Up, As The Ancient Egyptians Had No Prior Civilization Which They Could Use As A Template In Fact, Ancient Egypt Itself Became A Template For The Civilizations That Followed The Greeks And The Romans Were So Impressed With Egyptian Culture That They Often Attributed Many Attributes Of Their Own Culture - Usually Erroneously - To The Egyptians To The Ancient Egyptians, As Was The Case With Any Society Made Up Of Inquiring Humans, The World Was A Confusing And Often Terrifying Place Of Destruction, Death And Unexplained Phenomena In Order To Make Sense Of Such An Existence, They Resorted To Teleological Stories Giving A Phenomenon A Story Made It Less Horrifying, And It Also Helped Them Make Sense Of The World Around Them Unsurprisingly, Then, The Ancient Egyptian Gods Permeated Every Aspect Of Existence Baboons Held A Prestigious Place In Egyptian Religion They Were Kept As Sacred Animals In Many Temples Because Contemporary Egyptians Considered Them The Original Religious Observers, Particularly With Respect To The Sun God Re Ancient Egyptians Took The Wild Baboons Stretching On Their Hind Legs, Forelegs Raised To The Sky, To Be An Oration To The Sun God At Dawn Furthermore, These Ancient Ancestors Of The Land Of Egypt Were Greeted At Dawn By The Concatenations Of The Baboons Nattering, Which The Religious-Minded Took To Be An Early-Morning Devotion And Even Believed That The Baboons Spoke The Original Language Of Religion, And A Claim They Could Understand Baboons Was Often One Asserted By Certain Members Of The Priestly Class However, It Is His Association With The Ibis That Most Defines Thoth's Visual Imagery Since The Ancient Egyptians Believed That The Universe Arose From The Swamp-Like Waters Of Nun, It Was The Water Bird That Garnered The Most Prestigious Veneration Birds Like Geese, Herons And The Ibises Were Associated With This Period Of Creation, And, According To Some Beliefs, The World Came About Thanks To The Great Honk Of A Primordial Goose, Whose Eggshell Was Said To Be Preserved In The Temple Of Thoth It Was Believed That Re Created Thoth's Baboon Form To Be That Of His Shining Moon, But His Ibis Form Was That Of A Messenger Between Heaven And Earth (Although He Was Much More Than This) Thoth: The History And Legacy Of The Ancient Egyptian God Who Maintains The Universe Looks At The Mythology Surrounding One Of Antiquity's Most Famous Deities Along With Pictures Depicting Important People, Places, And Events, You Will Learn About Thoth Like Never Before Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:CREATESPACEPublication Date:2018-07-08Weight:0.18 lbsDimensions:0.11'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:52Language:English

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