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 Then he spoke a spell and the parts of the water of the lake returned to their positions."" Essentially, according to the Westcar Papyrus, the ancient Egyptians believed their priests could divide water through a majestic spell which would render one side of the water of the lake on top of the other. This contrasts with the common conception of Moses splitting the sea in two. 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