Sekhmet at Memphis - Egyptian Gods and Their Cult Centers

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Egyptian Gods and Their Cult Centers

Gods Lower Egypt

Seth Triad
Wadjet
Nefertem
Neith
Banebdjed
Osiris
The Ennead
Memphis Triad
Apis Bull
Mnevis Bull
Seth
Ptah
Ra
Sekhmet
Bastet
Atum

Gods Middle Egypt

Thoth
The Ogdoad
Maat
Sobek
Pakhet
Aten

Gods Upper Egypt

Abydos Triad
Theban Triad
Buchis Bull
Amun-Min-Re
Montu
Khnum
Horus
Hapy
Isis
Horus the Elder
Hathor - Deir el Bahri
Meretseger
Hathor - Dendera
Min
Nebket
Osiris
Anubis
Seth
Sobek

Egyptian
Creation Myths

Elephantine (Khnum)
Heliopolis (Atum)
Memphis (Ptah)
Hermopolis Magna (Thoth)

Egyptian Cult Centers

Abydos
Memphis
Karnak
Philae
more.....

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.

Sekhmet (or Sekmet)

Rameses the Great offers to Sekhmet

Sekhmet was he consort of Ptah, she is the giver of devine retribution, vengeance, and conquest.

She meted out devine punishment to the enemies of Ra and the Pharaoh and was called an"Eye of Ra." Her personification is a lion-headed woman. Sekhmet is the polar opposite of Hathor as explained in the legend of Sekhmet and Hathor.

Sekhmet was worshiped at Memphis, the city of Ptah, but also at Leontopolis, where all the lion-headed and cat-headed gods associated with Ra were worshipped.