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Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis. He was the Falcon god and the 'Living God,' (the King) on earth. Horus amulet would have offered the

Isis was the protective mother goddess and is sometimes shown wearing the hieroglyph (st) or (aset), which means throne or seat adorning h

Always made of red stone, the Knot of goddess Isis (also known as the Tyet Symbol) was a stylized representation of the goddess' genitals.

Like Isis, Hathor is a mother goddess who protected women and children. She was the goddess of the sky who nursed god Horus. Her name mean

Nephthys was the daughter of Geb and Nut, the sister, and helper, of Isis and Osiris and the sister-wife of Seth. She was thought to be a

Min was the god of virility. His amulet shows him wrapped like a mummy with one hand raising a flail over his right shoulder and with two

As her name suggests, Mut is a vulture and mother goddess of Thebes. She is usually shown wearing a long brightly colored dress and a vult

God Sopdu-Hor wears a headdress of two falcon feathers and is associated with god Horus. The back pillar of his amulet is inscribed with h

The ancient creator god of Memphis, Ptah, was the patron of craftsmen. He is depicted wrapped like a mummy with skullcap and straight bear

In the 'Pyramid Texts', Nefertum is the god of the lotus called 'The Lotus Blossom which is at the nose of Re' and he is also called the '

Ra is shown as a hawk with a sun-disc on his head (Re-Horakhty) combining Re with Horus. This amulet would sometimes be worn in life as a

Sometimes assuming the form of an ibis bird, god Thoth was the god of writing and scribe of the gods. Thoth was the 'God of the Equilibriu

Khnum was a ram-headed god and is closely connected with the rise of the Nile, heralding life-bringing inundation. He is often shown creat

Sekhmet, the lioness goddess, was the fierce goddess of the Memphite area. Her name means 'She who is powerful'. She was the wife of Ptah,

Bes, the god of children, dance and games, is a dwarf-like god with a lion's mane. He is always shown naked with bandy legs, wearing tall

Taweret is the female hippopotamus goddess who is shown pregnant. She was thought to provide protection to women in the precarious occupat

Amulets were buried in and around the mummy bandages to provide it with protection against different types of potential dangers after deat