Four sons of Horus Thoth, the god of wisdom and knowledge, and also the baboons which chatter when the sun rises raising their hands as if in worship. The jackal (or possibly dog) is linked to Anubis and the act of embalming and also Wepwawet the "opener of the ways" who seeks out the paths of the dead. The hawk is associated with Horus himself and also Seker the mummified necropolis god. Imseti, the human, may be linked to Osiris himself or Onuris the hunter. The Egyptians themselves linked them with the ancient kings of Lower and Upper Egypt, the Souls of Pe and
How the ancient Egyptians divided water How the ancient Egyptians divided water An ancient document called the Westcar Papyrus illuminates how the ancient Egyptians believed they could divide water in lakes and the Nile River. Westcar Papyrus|The Westcar Papyrus (also known as "Three Tales of Wonder from the Court of King Khufu") is composed of twelve rolls of papyrus written during the Hyksos period. It recounts stories which are thought to date to the Middle Kingdom. It includes four stories told to the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Khufu by his sons. The final story recounts the birth of the first three kings of the Fifth Dynasty of