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While going through these sites, a few months ago, I noticed some similarities. Similarities between the Bible and the Book of the Dead. In the Book of the Dead, on the very first page it says:
"Thou art the Lord who is commemorated in Maati, the Hidden Soul, the Lord of Qerrt, the Ruler supreme in White Wall (Memphis). Thou art the Soul of Ra, his own body, and hast thy place of rest in Henensu. Thou art the beneficent one, and art praised in Nart. Thou makes thy Soul to be raised up. Thou art the mighty one of victories in Shas-hetep, the Lord of eternity." A little further on it continues, "Thou art the well-doing Sekhem (Power) of the Company of the Gods, gracious is thy face, and beloved by him that sees it. Thy fear is set in all the lands by reason of thy perfect love, and they cry out to thy name making it the first of names, and all people make offerings to thee. Thou art the Lord who art commemorated in heaven and upon the earth. Thou art the Great Chief, the first among thy brethren, the Prince of the Company of the Gods, the establisher of Right and Truth throughout the World, the Son who was set on the great throne of his father Keb. Thou art the beloved of thy mother Nut, the mighty one of valor, who overthrew the Sebau-fiend." And a bit later, "Thine enemy the Serpent hath been given over to the fire. The Serpent-fiend Sebau hath fallen headlong, his forelegs are bound in chains, and his hind legs hath Ra carried away from him. The Sons of Revolt shall never more rise up." And, "Let my name be called out, let it be found inscribed on the tablet which recordeth the names of those who are to receive offerings. Let there be prepared for me a seat in the Boat of the Sun on the day whereon the god saileth. Let me be received in the presence of Osiris in the Land of Truth-speaking, the Ka of Osiris Ani."
What I see here, is mention of the All-Powerful, Supreme Being (God), his Son (Jesus), who overthrew the Serpent (Satan), so that the Sons of Revolt (fallen angels), could not rise up. The tablet, inscribed with names, (The Book of Life?), and hope for a seat in the Boat of the Sun (heaven).
We know that there is mention of the Great Pyramid in the bible. Isa 19:19-20
"At that time there will be an alter for the LORD in the middle of Egypt and a monument to the LORD at the border of Egypt. 20 This will be a sign and a witness to the LORD All-Powerful in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help, he will send someone to save and defend them. He will rescue them from those who hurt them."
There is mention of a monument and an alter. "Gizeh" means border. The Great Pyramid is sometimes referred to as the Great Pyramid of Gizeh. Ancient Egypt was in two parts, Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt. If you combine these two areas to make one Egypt, the Great Pyramid sits in the center, and separately on the border.
Hatshepsut was the only female pharaoh.
conquered Egypt and ruled for 150 years.
out and moved them back eastward.
the Kushite pharaohs, a black African Kingdom.
levels within each being. The body (aufu) contained the shadow (khabit) and the sahu (the body of gold). The mental level comprised the will (sekhem),
ren the name and ab the heart at the level of the conscience. Ka was the
spirit which animated the body, ba the soul and khu the Divine Spark.
~Gods and Goddesses~ Nun, the great primeval chaotic ocean, a goddess. From the chaotic ocean came a mound of dry land. A hill. (benben) Ptah, in one city is considered to be the god who created Nun. Ptah, the "Opener", perhaps the oldest of all the gods of Egypt, was honored with a temple and worshipped at Memphis from the time of the 1st dynasty. He is said to be the father of the gods, who came forth from his eye, and of men, who came forth from his mouth. He is represented in the form of a mummy. With reference to his connection with the resurrection and the nether world, he is called Ptah-Seker-Ausar, and is represented as a little sqaut boy, with bent legs, and his hands on his hips. Sometimes he has his feet on the head of a crocodile. Geb is the earth (male). Geb becomes the third divine pharaoh. Geb is usually shown with a green upper and a brown lower body, symbolizing vegetation and soil. 
Nut is the sky (female). Nut is portrayed as a beautiful woman, or as a cow, or as a woman with a cow's head. She has a flower vase on her head (even when she is a cow).Ra, Atum, Amen, all three merge into one god. The Sun God. Amen means "hidden". He is said to be the maker of things above and of things below. The Egyptians affirmed of him that he was ONE, the ONLY ONE. Ra, the sun god, is the divine pharaoh. Ra creates Shu and Tefnut. Before rising and just at setting, he is called Atum. As he is rising he is called Kheper "scarab". At this point Ra is shown as a scarab or as a man with the head of a scarab. Kheper also means the concept of coming into existence or rebirth. Once the sun is fully past rising, he becomes Ra. Ra rides in the Man Jet Boat. At this point, he is either a falcon or a man with a falcon's head. He sits in the boat, at the stern, with the solar disk in
the boat in front of him. At the very front of the boat are Shu and Thoth. They are sailing across the celestial Nile - the heavenly Nile (the Milky Way). There is a deadly peril in the form of a gigantic dragon/serpent called Apep, who, at the head of a large army of fiends, personifications of mist, darkness, and cloud, tried to over throw him. Apep hates the gods and waits for them in ambush. They are great warriors and Apep is seldom successful in ambushing them. But once in a while there is a battle with crashing weapons. Once in a very great while, Apep surprises them completely and devours them, but they battle until they get out again. (an eclipse). Then Ra becomes Atum again because he is complete and he sets. He goes to the Underworld, he has to pass twelve deadly perils
(one per hour). One time very early in the universe, Ra wept and his tears fell to the ground and humans were created (in Egyptian, "tear" and "human" are the same word). One time Ra had an enormously powerful weapon: his right eye, the deadliest weapon in the universe. The eye has a will of its own. One day it was out and it didn't come back when it was supposed to. Ra created a new one to put in its place. The eye then came back and was furious. Ra placed it in the center of his forehead, a place of great honor. The eye goes on to be identified as the Uraeus (the cobra on the front of a king's crown, representing the pharaoh). All pharaohs are thought to be descended from Ra. Ra is always shown with the solar disk on his head. Ra became
fed up with human beings so he sent Hathor to destroy humankind. She came to Earth and began slaughtering. She went into a blood frenzy (battle hysteria). Ra changes his mind, but to stop her, he must destroy her or knock her out. She is shown with a sword in each hand, a smile on her face, and body parts flying about her. Ra plots her course and sees that she will eventually come to a gigantic field with a high wall surrounding it. So Ra fills the field with beer and turns the beer red. When she gets there, she thinks it is blood and drinks it all and passes out cold. When she awakens, the blood lust is gone -- replaced by a horrible headache.
Hathor, goddess of love, beauty and the arts. She is a terrifying warrior. A combination -- Isis and Hathor are two goddesses of the triple goddess. Hathor is patron goddess of single women, goddess of female
graces (art, music, literature). She can also be shown as a cow. She has cow horns with sistrum between them. She is very beautiful but can be unbelievably destructive.
Shu, god of air, sunlight and moisture, god of wisdom. He wears a Ma'at feather, the feather of truth and wisdom. Shu was the second divine pharaoh.Osiris is the fertility god (primarily of vegetation). He becomes pharaoh after Geb. When he was born, a voice spoke in the universe proclaiming him universal lord. As he grew up, his wisdom and sincerity were so clear that his epithets were "The Good One" and "True of Voice." When he becomes pharaoh, he institutes great changes. He outlawed cannibalism. He taught how to worship the gods by building temples and therefore towns and cities. He taught law (considered the father of civilization) and
agriculture (primarily grain), and how to make bread and beer. Osiris decides to go out and conquer the world with gentleness (i.e., civilize). He leaves Isis on the throne to go out and achieve his goal. According to Plutarch (De Iside et Osiride, xii.-xx.) Osiris was the wise and good king of Egypt, who spent his life in civilizing his subjects and in improving their condition. Having brought them out of degradation and savagery, he set out to do the same for other nations of the world. When he returns he is murdered by his brother Set. Set, together with 72 other people and the queen of Ethiopia, made a conspiracy against him. They invited him into a banquet room, and by artful devise, talked him into getting into a box which Set had previously had made, to fit him. As soon as Osiris had lain down in it, the conspirators nailed the lid down upon it, and poured molten lead over it. They carried it by river to the sea. The waves wash it up at Byblos. Isis brings him back to life and feels he should retire to the Underworld and become king there. Osiris is almost always shown in a winding shroud with just his hands showing, holding a shepherds crook and a flail. Both are symbols of kingship.
Isis is very beautiful. She bears the maternal aspect of a goddess who is beautiful and loving but also dangerous to cross. She can also be shown as a cow. She has a throne on her head. She taught women how to grind grain, spin flax, and how to weave cloth. She taught men
medicine. She is the goddess of healing. After she brings Osiris back tolife, they have a son Horus. She wanted for her husband and son the powers of Ra. She knew that each day Ra went for a long stroll. She waits by his path, picks up some of the mud made by Ra's drool and makes a poisonous snake. The next day, she places the snake in the same place. It bites him and slithers away and he begins to die. He is unable to cure himself (because he doesn't know the source of the curse). The gods go to Isis. She talks privately with Ra and tells him he must tell her his true name. He does and she cures him. She now has his power.
Horus comes from a god of Lower Egypt. He is very often shown as a 7 or 8 year old Egyptian prince. The morning sun, son of Isis and Osiris, is usually called "the avenger of his father", in reference of his defeat of Set. A prince would have his head shaved except for a single sidelock. If he is shown as an adult, like Ra, he is shown as a falcon or as a falcon-headed man. Horus, later in life, got
control of the Eye of Ra and it began to be called the Eye of Horus. Some images depict Horus and Set working together even before the merging of the two kingdoms.
Set comes from a god of Upper Egypt. Set was the brother of Osiris, husband of Nephthys. He was worshipped from the 5th dynasty and remained popular until the 19th dynasty. Kings liked to say they were "beloved of Set", and be compared to him for valor. Between the 22nd dynasty and 25th dynasties a violent reaction set in against Set. His statues and figures were smashed, he was hammered out of the bas-reliefs in which he appeared. He went from being a beneficent god and companion of Amon and his brother gods, to becoming the personification of all evil, and the opponent of all good. Set was chosen by the Hyksos for their god. He is considered a god of sterility. He is only shown with an animal head on a human body. Set is a scheming unpopular character.
Nephthys is the goddess of mist, vapor, and fog. She is barren. One night she sneaks over to Osiris and seduces him in the dark. She has a son Anubis.
Anubis, the jackal-headed god. He was abandoned at birth to be raised by Isis. He becomes the inventor of embalming and funeral ritual.The god of funerals. He dwells in the Underworld. He presided over the embalming of the mummy, he led the mummy into the prescence of Osiris, and watched over the ceremony of weighing the heart, and he is often represented standing by the bier with one hand laid on the mummy. In the Underworld, the soul or spirit is represented as a small bird. The person's soul enters. The heart is placed on one of the pans of the scale and the Ma'at feather is placed on the other pan. If they balance, the person has been good and is sent on to meet Osiris. Thoth records these proceedings. Osiris then relegates the soul to its proper place in the Underworld. If the heart does not balance with the feather, the soul is sent to a waiting creature in the ground, "The Devourer of Souls", who then eats the heart. Sitting on thrones at the back of a huge hall are all of the gods (a refelection of the Anunaki). The belief that this god acted in this capacity survived for some centuries after Christ, and a remarkable proof of this fact is given by a light green, glazed faience plaque in the British Museum, No. 22,874. On the obverse Anubis, jackal-headed, stands by the side of a bier in the shape of a lion. In relief, on the reverse are two lines of inscription in Coptic which read, "May she hasten to arise." The plaque is an interesting example of the survival of ancient Egyptian ideas among the Egyptians after they had embraced Christianity.
Thoth the "Measurer", was the scribe of the gods, the measurer of time and inventor of numbers. In the judgement hall of Osiris he stands by the side of the balance scale holding a palette and reed, ready to record the result of the weighing of the heart as announced by the dog-headed ape
who sits on the middle of the beam of the scales. He is represented withthe head of an ibis. Thoth is a very ancient god, dating back to the pre-dynastic period. The animals that represent him are the dog-headed ape (less common) or a human with the head of a dog-headed ape (baboon) or the ibis (more common) or as a man with an ibis's head, in which case he is shown wearing a necklace and headress with the ibis's head in the headdress. Thoth is a very wise and benevolent god. He is the god of magic and therefore the god of writing ("The Lord of the Holy Words"). He invented and taught hieroglyphics. When he retired from kingship, he became "The Heavenly Scribe," a very important position -- the recorder of all history. In heaven, he is the Arbiter of the Gods, a referee for minor squabbles. He is the Spokesman of the Gods and therefore the Ambassador as well.
