Wadjet at Buto
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.

Wadjet

j Wadjet, Nebket and the Eye of Ra protected King Tutankhamun.

Portrayed as a cobra wearing a Red Crown of Lower Egypt, Wadjet was a symbol of soverignty. She and vulture Nekhbet, symbols of Upper and Lower Egypt, are the protectors of the King. Amulets of King Tutankhamun feature Wadjet and Nebket.

Wadjet was worshipped in the ancient city of Buto in the Nile Delta.

Wadjet and Nekhbet adorn the funerary mask of Tutankhamun.

She is uraeus on the Kings forehead, ready to spit venom or strike his ememies.

One of the Pharaohs names, the nebty or "two ladies" name, refers to these two goddesses, Wadjet and Nebket.

The Five Names of the Pharaoh

From the New Kingdom, the King of Egypt had five names, composed for his coronation. The following table shows the title of the "Name" and the Names of Tutankhamun as an Examples.

Title of "Name"	Tutankhamun's Names
Horus Name	Ka nakht tut_mesut "Strong bull, fitting of Created forms"
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name	Nefer-hepu segereh-tawy sehetep-netjeru nebu "Dynamic-of-laws, who-calms-the-Two-Lands, who-propitiates-all-the-gods"
Golden Falcon Name	Wetjes-khau sehetep-netjeru "Who-displays-the-regalia, who-propitiates-the-gods"
Lord of the Two Lands (prenomen)	Nebkhepure "The-lordly-manefestation-of-Re"
Son of Re or Lord of Appearances (nomen)	Tutankhamun heqa-Iunu-shema "Living-image-of-Amun, "ruler-of-Upper-Egyptian-Heliopolis"