Amun’s ram associations go very far back to the ancient Egyptian god Khnum ... her animal ties in a more subtle way: She was often depicted with cow’s horns atop her head, a visual nod ...

In fact, the ancient Egyptian language had no word for “animal” as a separate ... Horus, the patron god of Egypt, was often portrayed with the head of a hawk; Thoth, the scribe god, was ...

The pantheon of Egyptian gods is filled with mighty human-animal hybrid deities such as Horus, the falcon-headed god of kingship; Anubis, the jackal-headed god of mummification; and the warrior ...

The Egyptian god Anubis is often shown with the head of a dog in tomb frescos ... according to the Society for the Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt (SPARE). Today, Egypt is home to up to ...

located in the Egyptian governorate of Sohag about 270 miles (435 kilometers) south of Cairo, is one of Egypt’s major though lesser-visited archaeological sites. Alongside the mummified animal ...

Egyptians worshipped many different gods, who were usually depicted as having a human body and an animal head Animal artefacts have been unveiled as part of an exhibition representing life and ...

Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian gods. Thoth was often shown with the head of a baboon or an ibis (a wading bird with long legs and a long beak). He was the ...