What does Imhotep mean?

What does Imhotep mean?

Imhotep (Greek name, Imouthes, c. ... His name means "He Who Comes in Peace" and he is the only Egyptian besides Amenhotep to be fully deified, becoming the god of wisdom and medicine (or, according to some sources, god of science, medicine, and architecture).

What is the oldest religious book in the world?

Rig Veda

Who found the book of the dead?

Karl Richard Lepsius

Who is God of the dead?

Hades (/ˈheɪdiːz/; Greek: ᾍδης Hádēs; Ἅιδης Háidēs), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous.

What's in the Book of the Dead?

Book of the Dead, ancient Egyptian collection of mortuary texts made up of spells or magic formulas, placed in tombs and believed to protect and aid the deceased in the hereafter.

What was the purpose for the pyramids?

Pyramids were built for religious purposes. The Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to believe in an afterlife. They believed that a second self called the ka10 lived within every human being.

Where was the Egyptian Book of the Dead found?

Saqqara necropolis

Why are all the Egyptian statues missing noses?

Claim: Europeans would break off the noses from Egyptian monuments because they resembled 'black faces. ... At the top, it stated: "When the Europeans (Greeks) went to Egypt they were in shock that these monuments had black faces — the shape of the nose gave it away — so they removed the noses.

Who destroyed the Sphinx's nose?

Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr

What was found under the Sphinx?

In the X-Men: Evolution television series, the Hall of Records is located beneath the Great Sphinx and is actually a prison of the first mutant, Apocalypse. In the Generator Rex television series, the Hall of Records is Van Kleiss's laboratory when he was sent back in time.