Ptolemies During The Greek Era
During the Ptolemaic period:
When Alexander the Great started his conquest in 332 BC, the Egyptians welcomed him. Because Alexander was wise enough to know that respecting the native religion was everything to the Egyptians, he visited the temple of Apis bull once he entered Memphis and presented sacrifices to him. This led the priests announced him at once as a Pharaoh. Moreover, Alexander made another approaching step as he visited the temple of Amun-Re at Siwa and announcing himself as being the son of Zeus-Amun.
When Ptolemy Soter gained the rule of Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great, he was certain that he had to show respect to the ancient Egyptian religion if he wants to maintain stability in his kingdom. Therefore, he shows …show more content…
Therefore, a mammisi or a birth house used to be attached to the temple in which a celebration for the birth of the third member of the divine triad alongside with the birth of the kings was celebrated. When Cleopatra VII gave birth to Caesarean, she doubted that he would not be accepted by the Egyptians because he was the son of Julius Caesar, a Roman man. Therefore, she invented a divine birth story for her child resembling the one used before by Hatshepsut and Amenhotep III. This story was inscribed on the walls of the temple of Arment, in which she mentioned that Isis – in the form of Cleopatra – was visited by Amun-Re and that a child was conceived and brought forth by the queen. There is a scene from this temple representing the birth of “Horus the sun, the child” in the presence of Amen-Re, Nekhbet and Cleopatra VII. The inscriptions referred to the mother of the child as being Rat-Tawy and the father of Amen-Re. nearby, seated on a couch, two identical cow-headed goddesses each suckle a baby. The two infants were identified as being Harpre and Caesarion (Fig.5).
The Ptolemies were keen on being represented on the walls of the temples honouring the Egyptian gods and presenting offerings to them. The necessity of this is explained in Papyrus Jumilhac, that dates back to the end of the Ptolemaic period. This papyrus mentioned a description of a cult in the 18th Nome of Upper Egypt and includes a discourse on the importance of maintaining the cult of the deities. If the king and the priests were to fail to do so, Egypt would be
When Alexander the Great started his conquest in 332 BC, the Egyptians welcomed him. Because Alexander was wise enough to know that respecting the native religion was everything to the Egyptians, he visited the temple of Apis bull once he entered Memphis and presented sacrifices to him. This led the priests announced him at once as a Pharaoh. Moreover, Alexander made another approaching step as he visited the temple of Amun-Re at Siwa and announcing himself as being the son of Zeus-Amun.
When Ptolemy Soter gained the rule of Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great, he was certain that he had to show respect to the ancient Egyptian religion if he wants to maintain stability in his kingdom. Therefore, he shows …show more content…
Therefore, a mammisi or a birth house used to be attached to the temple in which a celebration for the birth of the third member of the divine triad alongside with the birth of the kings was celebrated. When Cleopatra VII gave birth to Caesarean, she doubted that he would not be accepted by the Egyptians because he was the son of Julius Caesar, a Roman man. Therefore, she invented a divine birth story for her child resembling the one used before by Hatshepsut and Amenhotep III. This story was inscribed on the walls of the temple of Arment, in which she mentioned that Isis – in the form of Cleopatra – was visited by Amun-Re and that a child was conceived and brought forth by the queen. There is a scene from this temple representing the birth of “Horus the sun, the child” in the presence of Amen-Re, Nekhbet and Cleopatra VII. The inscriptions referred to the mother of the child as being Rat-Tawy and the father of Amen-Re. nearby, seated on a couch, two identical cow-headed goddesses each suckle a baby. The two infants were identified as being Harpre and Caesarion (Fig.5).
The Ptolemies were keen on being represented on the walls of the temples honouring the Egyptian gods and presenting offerings to them. The necessity of this is explained in Papyrus Jumilhac, that dates back to the end of the Ptolemaic period. This papyrus mentioned a description of a cult in the 18th Nome of Upper Egypt and includes a discourse on the importance of maintaining the cult of the deities. If the king and the priests were to fail to do so, Egypt would be