BENNU
In Egyptian mythology Bennu was a legendary bird believed to be the reincarnated soul of Osiris.
The Bennu bird rose to new life admist the flames and was linked to the Sun.
At Heliopolis, Bennu was worshiped as a form of Ra, Bennu was said to fly forth from the Island of Fire in the Underworld announcing the rebirth of the Sun.
AFTERLIFE, an elaborate set of buriel rituals
BURIAL, elaborate burials
EMBALMING, the embalming process
MUMMIFYING, the embalming process
COFFINS, the style of coffins
FUNERALS, the funeral process
GOD CENTRES, each district had its own gods
TEMPLES, public were almost never allowed inside
ONE CREATION, creation was a gradual process
THE KING, claimed descent from the gods
ANIMALS, were thought sacred
OSIRIS, associated with fertility
HAPI, god of the nile
HORUS, fought in the form of a sun disk
KHEPRI, the rising sun
PTAH, creator god of memphis
SET, god of darkness
THOTH, god of the moon
NUIT, sky goddess
GEB, god of the earth
NEPHTHYS, goddess of death
MAAT, goddess of truth
ISIS, goddess of magic
BES, god of childbirth
HATHOR, egyptian goddess of heaven
HEKAU, sacred words of power
SCARAB, the symbol of khepera
SAHU, the spiritual body
RA, egyptian sungod
BA, the soul represented as a bird
COFFIN TEXT, inscriptions on sides of coffins
BAST, cat headed goddess
BENNU, legendary bird thought to be the reincarnation of osiris.
EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, written between 1100 b.c. and 900 b.c.
KA, double of the human body
HORBEHUTET, ancient egyptian winged disk
CATS, the use of cats in ancient egypt