Neith at Sais
Egyptian Gods and Their Cult Centers

Enrich your trip to Egypt, learn more about the Ancient Gods whose monuments and temples you will s e on your Egypt Tour. Take day tours around Cairo to Memphis and Saqqara for sites of Gods of Lower Egypt. Travel by prearranged speciality excursions for the Gods of Middle Egypt. Many monuments and temples for the God of Upper Egypt are located in and around Luxor. Tours of Abydos and Dendera can be made by special arrangement. Visit other sites in Upper Egypt by Nile Cruise, Elephantine Island, home of Khnum the creator god is located in Aswan.

Neith

Forms of Neith

Neith as an ancient goddess who rose to prominence during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty when the ruling family chose Sais as the Capital of Egypt.

Her shield and crosssed arrows was an ancient symbol found on objects from the First Dynasty.

Neith wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and forms a triad with Seth and their child Sobek, the crocodile god.

Neith, Isis, Nephythys and Selket, the scorpion goddess were the funerary goddesses who protected the "Sons of Horus" who watched over the internal organs of the deceased in the canopic jars. Neith protected Duamutef, the jackel, who protected the stomach and upper intestines.

However, the four goddesses were beautifully carved and guilded and stood guard at each side of the gilded wooden shrine that held the alabaster chest that contained the preserved organs of Tutankhamun.

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