Mysterious legends about ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt has always hidden hidden stories and legends that scientists and archaeologists want to explore. Among the mysteries of Egyptian civilization there are countless myths, the legend is handed down completely wrong about this ancient civilization.

1. The beauty of Cleopatra queen

Cleopatra VII , the last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt has always been a famous historical figure with charming beauty. This idea already exists in almost everyone from Shakespeare to film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. However, Roman coins show Cleopatra has masculine features: a large nose, protruding chin and thin lips - not any cultural prototype has a good appearance. On the other hand, according to some noteworthy sources Cleopatra is very intelligent, contrary to the beauty outside.

2. Being obsessed with death

Learn about ancient Egypt with pyramids, mummies and gods, it's easy to conclude they are obsessed with death. The way in which Egyptian burial is really a way to honor life. For example, the illustrations illustrated inside tombs are agricultural worship, hunting and fishing ceremonies. Moreover, the expensive jewelry buried with the Egyptians helped them reach the afterlife, where they continued their current work without any difficulty. Mummification is a way to keep corpses alive, ready for the idealization of everyday life. It is clear that the Egyptians are obsessed with life , not death.

3. Aliens

There are some people who believe that the Egyptians were exposed to aliens. They accuse the pyramids of superhuman achievements and some murals depicting places beyond Earth. This may have offended the heritage of the ancient Egyptians. While the Giza pyramid is an amazing mathematical achievement, the work of ingenious astronomers, scholars and architects of the era. And while the Great Pyramids act as the highest structure for nearly 4000 years, it doesn't mean that Egyptians are aliens, it just means that no culture can comparable to the monumental structure of the Egyptians until the 19th century.

4. Completely discovered

Many believe that we have discovered everything about ancient Egypt. This is completely inaccurate. The fascinating discoveries of ancient Egypt are still being carried out daily to clarify many new things about their civilization. For example, a "solar boat" is currently extracted from the pyramids. This solar ship is said to allow the bodies of the Pharaohs to support the sun god Ra in the battle with Apep, the demon of eternal darkness. Every night, god Ra will sail his solar sail to fight Apep and at dawn, god Ra will emerge with victory and travel in the sky.

5. Pictogram

Everyone seems to assume that the ancient Egyptians invented hieroglyphs. However, the original hieroglyphs were probably spread into Egypt by invading Westerners. Another myth is that hieroglyphics are a language of curse and magical mantras . In fact, most hieroglyphs are used for inscriptions or historical descriptions. Curse is rarely found in graves and almost all of them are: "Your life will be reduced" or "You will not have an heir". Interestingly, until Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1798, and later translated, most scholars believe that pictograms are not phonetic to form an alphabet.

6. How to decorate in pyramid

Hieroglyphs make up a large part of the interior of many ancient tombs and palaces of Egypt. But contrary to the myth, pyramids are hardly decorated . Indeed, until recently the pyramids at Giza were thought to be completely bare inside. This hypothesis was broken when hieroglyphs were found behind a secret door in the Pyramids a few months ago. In addition, the pyramids are not completely colored limestone 4,000 years ago: some sections, such as interior pillars, are painted red or white. This paint and mysterious texts make the pyramids very simple. The architecture is mainly cement and the pyramids are the oldest and most popular stone buildings in the world.

7. The Pharaoh killed the servants

When the kings died, their servants were not killed and buried together like most people believed, except for some exceptions. The two kings of Egypt's first dynasty were known for burying servants with them. The general trend of humans has led to legend. Later kings were able to realize that their trusted servants were more useful when alive than dead, so replacing the servants who were small statues were buried with the owner to help Pharaoh in the afterlife.

8. Slaves built pyramids

The thought of slaves building pyramids in Egypt has been circulating since the Greek historian Herodotus reported in the 5th century BC. This was confirmed wrong when the tomb containing the remains of pyramid builders was found next to the pyramids at Giza. Buried next to the kings was the greatest honor, never granted to slaves. In addition, large numbers of excavated cattle bones at Giza show that beef, a dish in ancient Egypt, is the staple food of builders. Building pyramids must obviously be skilled craftsmen of Egypt, not slaves as people think.

9. Curse of the Pharaoh

The 'curse' for those who opened the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was a victory of advertising media and public sensitivities. This legend is about a curse by Tutankhamun that killed the sponsor Lord Carnarvon and other members of the expedition. Although some hypotheses have been raised as a result of a dangerous fungus and gases that accumulate inside the tomb, the deaths still do not have an explanation. Only 8 of 58 explorers discovered the tomb died within 12 years. The leader of the Carter expedition lived for over 16 years. Other coincidences are a case of confirmation of bias: any unhappiness that occurs with anyone in the expedition is attributed to the curse of the Pharaohs. The curse is a good example of the impulse for people to believe in an interesting story instead of events.

10. worship cats

Egyptians love all animals. Among them, cats are the most sacred animals, playing an important role in the spiritual life of the people for a long time. This is because of the guardian god Bastet, the worship of the Egyptian people, in the shape of a cat.

For the Egyptians, the cat's bright eyes in the night are like the moon in the dim night. And if there is a fire in the house, the cat will be the first priority to be saved.

When a cat dies, all family members will mourn by shaving their eyebrows. They do this to show their sadness when the sacred animal dies. If someone kills a cat, even if it is unintentional, he will also face the anger of the crowds of Egyptians. Accordingly, this person will be punished by being thrown into a pit full of poisonous snakes.

Ancient Egyptians also mummified and buried dead cats in a cat cemetery with mummies of mice. In 1888, a farmer discovered 80,000 mummies of cats in a large tomb. This is one of the great valuable artifacts to serve the research and study of the lives of ancient Egyptians.

11. Gold skin care

The Egyptians once transmitted each other a secret of beauty to have the beauty of their goddess. It was not until the end of the 20th century that this secret was decoded in France.

During the study, archaeologists discovered many of the aristocracy's Egyptian remains that contained components of pure gold. It turned out that the old people sewed tiny gold threads to the bottom of the skin so that the young, elastic, smooth skin was flat and wrinkled and gave the skin a slightly sparkling white appearance, like it was radiating. shining.

12. The spiritual world in Egyptian culture: Duat Hell

On ancient Egyptian reliefs, there is a place called Duat. Duat is governed by Shen Rong Osiris - the god of life and death. This place is quite similar to Earth but there are many strange elements such as the Fire Lake and Iron Wall.

In order to reach Duat, the soul must cross the 7 doors, be guarded by half-human, half-beast monsters with very strange names such as: "The one who drinks blood comes from the slaughterhouse" or "The man who eat the stool from my hind legs ".

After passing through those doors, the heart of the dead will be placed on a balance and balance of Maat's feather. If the person is pure and honest, the heart will be as heavy as the feather. At this time, they will be entering the kingdom of God Osiris.

If the heart is heavier, that person's heart is not pure and too ambitious, then, they will be eaten by the demon Ammut, and the soul will be punished according to the rules here.