. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . od grew and flourished inthe Eastern Delta. Anotherform of sun-worship, whicheventually coalesced withthis, was introduced intoEgypt by conquerors whocame from Asiatic territoryat a different period, whoinvaded the country in pre-dynastic times, and, havingenslaved the inhabitants,settled down there, andworshipped the god w
. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . od grew and flourished inthe Eastern Delta. Anotherform of sun-worship, whicheventually coalesced withthis, was introduced intoEgypt by conquerors whocame from Asiatic territoryat a different period, whoinvaded the country in pre-dynastic times, and, havingenslaved the inhabitants,settled down there, andworshipped the god who wasbest known to them, a formof the sun-god, the closestform of which was at thattime Horus, or Horus-Ra. During the first threedynasties the sun-worship-pers, or followers of Ra, do not appear to have possessed anyextraordinary political influence, but in the beginning of theVth dynasty their priests succeeded in acquiring consider-able power, and their god Ra became the great god of Egypt,and the king began to call himself son of Ra, and to adopta second name as such. The centre of the worshipof Ra at this period was Heliopolis, and the priests ofthis place formulated a system of solar theology, in whichthe local sun-god Temu, who was worshipped under the. Temu, or Atmu. 122 THIRD EGYPTIAN ROOM—WALL-CASES l 10 132. form of a man, was made to assume the headship ol a pant ^, or company of the gods. A < ompany mighl consist of nine or more gods, but nine was the ordinarynumber, and the members of the Company of Annu /.<•.,Heliopolis were:—Tern, Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris,Isis, Set, Nephthys ; to these were sometimes added Thoth,Horus, Ka, etc. Now, as the Egyptians divided the worldinto three parts, viz., heaven, earth, and underworld, it wasnecessary to provide each division with its company ofgods, and thus there were three companies of gods in theHeliopolitan system, which contained at least twenty-seven When the first sun-worshippers gods, and was ex
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