January 5th, 3100 B.C.
Lauren Vasquez Entry
My adventure to Egypt has been successful so far. The Egyptians Religion is so fascinating! They taught me that there was nothing but chaotic swirls of waters out of which rose a small hill known as Ben-Ben. On top of this hill was a god named Atum who spoke creation into being by drawing on the power of Heka. Heka was the god of magic. I was also taught that human beings were an important aspect of the creation of the gods and that each human soul was as eternal as that of deities they reverted. They also believed that death wasn’t the end of life but a rejoining of the individual soul with the eternal realm from where it was from. I experienced the Egyptians created mummies. They said they created mummies to preserve the human body without which the soul couldn’t achieve immortality. Here is a drawing of which the Egyptians do their art on. Also, I got to meet a famous pharaoh. His name was Menes. Menes was the first king who thought to have unified Upper and Lower Egypt though conquest, and founded both the First Dynasty and the great city of Memphis. His name is known from sources such as Manetho’s Chronology, The Turin King List, and the Palermo Stone. My adventure to Egypt was a success.
Egypt Travel Blog 