Amnte Nofre - Egyptian Religion

Today 1 August 2019 - I day of Up-Renepet, the twelfth month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (in the CDXX Great Year of Ra according to the Egyptian Civil Calendar). HELIACAL RISING OF SOTHIS: this morning the sacred star Sothis/Sirius has risen before the Sun in the horizon of the sacred city of Memphi(s), the "balance of the Two Lands" (the Heliacal Rising of Sothis occurs on 19 July of the Julian Calendar, which correponds to 1 August 2019 of the modern Gregorian Calendar). On this day Sothis, which is the heavenly form of the soul of the Goddess Isis, returns to be visible in the sky. The Heliacal Rising of Sothis announces the birthday of the God Ra-Harakhty. We wish you all the best in this highly sacred day!!! Furthermore, this year the Heliacal rising of Sothis falls on the New Moon that marks the beginning of 'Up-Renepet', that is, the last month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (and it is sacred to the God Ra-Harakhty), and this is a very favorable event. Concerning the New Year of the Sothis-based Lunar Calendar, it will begin on the New Moon after the Heliacal Rising of Sothis, that is, August 30. [For more informations, see my book “Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXIX-CDXX Great Year of Ra (2019CE)”, where you will find the full version of the Egyptian Calendar with the complete translation of the Temples’ calendars: http://a.co/d/clZRHoW Furthermore, by subscribing to "AMENTE NOFRE-MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY" you will get a complete access to the daily posts of the Ancient Egyptian Religious Calendar and to our online courses in Egyptology, here's the link with all the infos: https://www.patreon.com/amentenofre ] Religious Prescriptions: Favorable day Religious Festivities: The I day of the lunar month is sacred to Montu-Ra-Harakhty. It is the “Feast of Psedje(n)tyu/Feast of the New Moon”, and Thoth is the God of the Feast. - “Birth of Ra-Harakhty (...).” [c.c.] - “Feast of Ra.” [c.c.] - “Neheb-Kau takes place on this day.” [c.c.] - “Feast of Osiris.” [c.c.] - “Feast of Isis.” [c.c.] - “Festival of Khnum” (three-day festivity, I day) [T. Thutmosis III, Elephantine] - “Festival of Amon” (three-day festivity, I day) [T. Thutmosis III, Elephantine] - Feast of Sothis/Sirius: “The coming out of Sothis in its day (...).” [T. Ramses III] - Feast of Horus. [T. Behdet, small calendar] - “Coming forth of the Sed-Feast of Ra (...).” [T. Behdet, c. Horus] - Feast of Ra (...).” [T. Nitentóre] - Feast of the Appearing (...) [T. Ombos, west side] - “Feast of the Appearing of Min.” (every New Moon day) [T. Ombos, west side] image: Temple of the Goddess Hathor at Nitentóre (Dendera): the western staircase leading to the roof of the Temple. On the wall at right, detail of the procession ascending to the roof of the Temple: priests carrying shrines; on the wall at left, detail of the descending procession: priests carrying sacred standards

Today 31 July 2019 - XXX day of Ipet-Hemet, the eleventh month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (in the CDXX Great Year of Ra according to the Egyptian Civil Calendar). According to the Egyptian Religious Calendar today is the FIFTH EPAGOMENAL DAY dedicated to the celebrations for the birth of the Goddess Nephthys. Best wishes to all for this highly sacred and blessed day!!! [For more informations, see my book “Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXIX-CDXX Great Year of Ra (2019CE)”, where you will find the full version of the Egyptian Calendar with the complete translation of the Temples’ calendars: http://a.co/d/clZRHoW Furthermore, by subscribing to "AMENTE NOFRE-MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY" you will get a complete access to the daily posts of the Ancient Egyptian Religious Calendar and to our online courses in Egyptology, here's the link with all the infos: https://www.patreon.com/amentenofre ] Religious Festivities: The XXX day of the lunar month is sacred to Thoth. It is the “Feast of the Going Forth of Min”; Horus the Avenger/Protector of His father Osiris and Nehes (Seth) are the Gods of the Feast. - Fifth Epagomenal Day, Birth of Nephthys: “Fifth (Epagomenal) Day: the Birth of Nephthys. Words to be said on this day: 'O Nephthys, daughter of Nut, sister of Seth, She Whose father sees, healthy daughter, stable of face, stable of face, I am the Divine Power in the womb of my mother Nut.' ” [c.c. , verso X] “The Name of this day: 'He Who is in the nest is the Young One, the August Falcon in His nest'. ” [Papyrus Leiden I , 346] “Birth of Nephthys (...).” [T. Behdet, c. Horus] “Feast of the Birth of Nephthys (...).” [T. Iunyt] image: “Nephthys, the God’s (Osiris’) sister, the Excellent-one" (translation of the hieroglyphs on the top right) Nephthys is represented wearing the vulture headdress topped by the hieroglyph for Her name. Temple of Hathor and Maat at west 'Uaset'-Thebes, detail from the north wall of the north shrine

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Today 30 July 2019 - XXIX day of Ipet-Hemet, the eleventh month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (in the CDXX Great Year of Ra according to the Egyptian Civil Calendar). According to the Egyptian Religious Calendar today is the FOURTH EPAGOMENAL DAY dedicated to the celebrations for the birth of the Goddess Isis. Best wishes to all for this highly sacred and blessed day!!! [For more informations, see my book “Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXIX-CDXX Great Year of Ra (2019CE)”, where you will find the full version of the Egyptian Calendar with the complete translation of the Temples’ calendars: http://a.co/d/clZRHoW Furthermore, by subscribing to "AMENTE NOFRE-MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY" you will get a complete access to the daily posts of the Ancient Egyptian Religious Calendar and to our online courses in Egyptology, here's the link with all the infos: https://www.patreon.com/amentenofre ] Religious Festivities: The XXIX day of the lunar month is sacred to Atum. It is the “Feast of the Attender” and Utetj-itef is the God of the Feast. - Fourth Epagomenal Day, Birth of Isis: “Fourth (Epagomenal) Day: the Birth of Isis. Words to be said on this day: 'O, this Isis, daughter of Nut, the Eldest, Lady of Magic, Provider of the Sacred Books, Lady Who appeases the Two Lands, Her face is glorious. I am the brother and the sister.' [c.c. , verso X] “The Name of this day: 'Isis, Eldest Daughter of Nut, You make him who is under Your command to prosper' .” [Papyrus Leiden I , 346] “Birth of Isis (...).” [T. Behdet, c. Horus] “Birth of Isis: it is a beautiful feast for the sky and the earth (...).” [T. Iunyt] image: Temple of the Goddess Isis at Philae (now on the Agilkia island): the Entrance-Gate of the First Pylon, flanked by Isis (to the left) and Hathor (to the right), and by two protective guardian Lions. On the background, Isis represented on the west tower of the Second Pylon

image: the God Seth; detail from the granite group statue of Horus and Seth crowning King Ramses III, found in the "Temple of Millions of Years" of King Ramses III at west 'Uaset'-Thebes. Now in the Cairo Museum

Image: a double representation of Harouér (Ḥr-wr, Horus the Ancient) in His form of Hieracosphinx (Falcon-headed lion) wearing the Double Crown; in the middle, two Solar orbs (representing Horus of Behdet) with hanging Uraei. Detail from a column of the Double Temple of Harouér and Sobek at Ombos

Today 27 July 2019 - XXVI day of Ipet-Hemet, the eleventh month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (in the CDXX Great Year of Ra according to the Egyptian Civil Calendar). According to the Egyptian Religious Calendar today is the FIRST EPAGOMENAL DAY dedicated to the celebrations for the birth of the God Osiris. Best wishes to all for this highly sacred and blessed day!!! [For more informations, see my book “Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXIX-CDXX Great Year of Ra (2019CE)”, where you will find the full version of the Egyptian Calendar with the complete translation of the Temples’ calendars: http://a.co/d/clZRHoW Furthermore, by subscribing to "AMENTE NOFRE-MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY" you will get a complete access to the daily posts of the Ancient Egyptian Religious Calendar and to our online courses in Egyptology, here's the link with all the infos: https://www.patreon.com/amentenofre ] Religious Festivities: The XXVI day of the lunar month is sacred to Osiris. It is the “Feast of the Going Forth” and Maa-mer-itef is the God of the Feast - First Epagomenal Day, Birth of Osiris: “First (Epagomenal) Day: the Birth of Osiris. Words to be said on this day: 'O Osiris, Bull in His Cavern Whose name is hidden . . . . offspring of His mother. Hail to You, Hail to You. I am Your son . . . . O father, Osiris.' The Name of this day: 'Osiris, the Bull, the Pure One Who is in His Field'. ” [c.c. , verso X] “Birth of Osiris (...).” [T. Behdet, c. Horus] “Birth of Osiris: performing the clothing for Osiris (...).” [T. Behdet, c. Hathor] “Feast of the Birth of Osiris (...).” [T. Iunyt] detail from the “House of Eternity” of King Ramses V and King Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings, KV9, West 'Uaset'-Thebes: a double representation of the God Osiris

Today 25 July 2019 - XXIV day of Ipet-Hemet, the eleventh month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (in the CDXX Great Year of Ra according to the Egyptian Civil Calendar). A reminder for the next days: the Epagomenal Days and the Heliacal Rising of Sothis/Sirius are approaching! August 1 2019 is the day of the Heliacal Rising of Sothis, and the five days preceding it (July 27-28-29-30-31 2019) are the Epagomenal Days dedicated to the celebrations for the birth of the Divine Sons of the Goddess Nut (Osiris, Horus the Ancient, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys). As regards the New Year of the Sothis-based Lunar Calendar, it will begin on the New Moon after the Heliacal Rising of Sothis, that is, August 30. For more informations, see my book “Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXIX-CDXX Great Year of Ra (2019CE)”, where you will find the full version of the Egyptian Calendar with the complete translation of the Temples’ calendars: http://a.co/d/clZRHoW Furthermore, by subscribing to "AMENTE NOFRE-MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY" you will get a complete access to the daily posts of the Ancient Egyptian Religious Calendar and to our online courses in Egyptology, here's the link with all the infos: https://www.patreon.com/amentenofre Religious Prescriptions: Favorable day Religious Festivities: The XXIV day of the lunar month is sacred to Nut. It is the “Feast of the Shadows” and the Little Naw is the God of the Feast - “Holiday in the Temple of Sokar, in the Estate of Ptah, and those who are in this Estate are in great festivity, being healthy.” [c.c.] image: detail from the chapel of Sokar in the "Great Temple" of King Sethi I at Abydos: "Ptah-Sokar Who resides in the Temple of 'MenMaatRa'(King Sethi I)", holding the combined 'Djed'-'Ankh'-'Uas' scepter, and "Sekhmet the Great, beloved of Ptah" (lioness-headed, wearing the Solar disk with the Uraeus)

King Ramses II offering a statuette of Maat (that is the offering of Righteousness and Truth to the Gods) to Shu represented as Onuris (wearing the Four-Feathered Crown). Detail of a pillar from the II Court of the "Temple of Millions of Year" of King Ramses II at West 'Uaset'-Thebes (the "Ramesseum")

faience necklace counterpoise with the aegis of the Goddess Sekhmet (lioness-headed and wearing the Solar disk with the Uraeus); on the central panel, Sekhmet enthroned and flanked by two Uraei; below, a rosette. XIX-XX Dynasty, ca. 1295–1070 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum...

the "Delight of Ra", the "Sun Temple" of King NiuserRa (ca. 2420–2389 BCE) at Bousiri (pr-Wsjr, "the House of Osiris", that is the name of more than ten sacred cities of Egypt) "In addition to His extensive rebuilding of Userkaf’s "Sun Temple", NiuserRa built His own, named "Delight of Ra". The upper Temple was set within a rectangular enclosure oriented to the cardinal directions. A T-shaped entrance hall had five granite-lined doorways. Those on the centre axis gave on to a broad rectangular court, dominated on the west by the obelisk, 36 m (118 ft) tall, built of limestone blocks. It stood on a pedestal in the form of a truncated pyramid, itself 20 m (65 ft 6 in) high, and built of limestone with red granite around the base. The combined height equalled or surpassed that of NiuserRa’s pyramid. In front of the obelisk and aligned with its centre axis stands an altar consisting of five slabs of white alabaster. The central element takes the form of a circle, 1.8 m (6 ft) in diameter, flanked by four slabs with the top carved in relief as the "Hotep" hieroglyph - a stylized conical bread loaf on a reed mat. This is the sign for ‘offering’, ‘satisfied’ or ‘peace’, commonly found at the base of false doors in Old Kingdom tombs. The whole arrangement can be read as "May Ra be satisfied". (...) From the entrance hall a right turn led along a corridor to a set of magazines built against the north enclosure wall, probably for short-term storage of offerings. At the east end a stairway led to the roof. A left turn in the entrance hall led to corridors with a wealth of fine relief carvings. These include one of the earliest scenes of the Sed festival of the King’s renewal. In a section that attached to the pedestal building the three seasons were depicted. (...) Just outside the enclosure of the upper Temple a huge mudbrick model of a boat, 30 m (98 ft) long, was found. This colossal simulacrum of a ship perhaps signifies the mythic boat in which Ra sailed across the ocean of the sky. It also hints that the "Sun Temple", like the pyramid complexes, was seen as a symbolic port to the world of the Gods." (from "The Complete Pyramids" by M. Lehner)

the Pyramid Temple Complex of King NeferirKaRa (V Dynasty, ca. 2446–2438 BCE) at Bousiri (pr-Wsjr, "the House of Osiris", that is the name of more than ten sacred cities of Egypt)

Bousiri (pr-Wsjr, "the House of Osiris", that is the name of more than ten sacred cities of Egypt): the Pyramids of King NiuserRa (to the left, ca. 2420–2389 BCE) and of King NeferirkaRa (to the right, ca. 2446–2438 BCE); view from the Pyramid Temple Complex of King SahuRa (ca. 2458–2446 BCE)

the East Gate (the "Isis' Gate") of the Sanctuary of Hathor at Nitentóre (Dendera), flanked by the enclosure-walls

Monumental Gate (north) of the Sanctuary of the Goddess Hathor at Nitentóre (Dendera), west jamb, inner side, scene on the second register: the King, the Emperor Domitian, offering a clepsydra before the Goddesses Hathor and Sekhmet (lioness-heaeded). (The images have been impiously hammered by the christians...)

the Monumental Gate (north) of the Sanctuary of the Goddess Hathor at Nitentóre (Dendera)