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Legends of Love in Egypt

July 27th, 2010 by dee

The story of Isis’ saving her husband is so moved that shake the heaven and earth. Lord God of Ancient Egypt, whose beloved empress was Isis. Put on on , Enjoy the best After his father’ death, he took over the power to control the whole country. Smashing Gifts for Girls His brother Seth who had many evil intentions invited him to join a feast. During the banquet, Seth showed a elegant decorated coffin and declared that he would sent it to anyone who fit it. He asked Osiris to try it first. Osiris stepped into the coffin with delight. Seth then locked the coffin and dropped it into the Nile. The queen was anxious with tears when she learned about it. She turned herself into a big eagle in no time and hovered across their reigning soil and searched for his husband day and night! In the end, she heard that the coffin was flushed into a tree trunk in the Phoenician area and had been cut down and shipped into a princess palace and made into a beam. She also heard that the little son of the princess was in a serious condition which all the doctors could do nothing about.

So she made herself as a psychic, and healed the little prince. The prince and his wife were grateful and sent her money and land. Isis refused them all and asked for the pillar in the hall. The prince was touched and gave her the pillar after knowing the reason. In order to escape others’ notice, Isis hided the post in the woods along Nile. She was about to save her beloved husband when Seth going out for hunting found her. Due to fury, Seth tore Osiris’ body into 14 pieces, and then he discarded the pieces into 14 states of Egypt. The sad Isis did not give up, and she turned into eagle again. Isis permanently looked for the pieces with tears in her eyes. However, she only found 13 pieces to scrabble up the body. Then she made organs, wrapped with cotton to make Osiris resuscitation. Osiris became the rebirth of the god of hell. It is the first mummy in the history of Egypt. Since then in Egyptian heart mummy has been the ready for rebirth. Isis’s deep feeling to his husband, effort to rescue him and her hope for his rebirthing will stay in every Egyptian heart forever. Egyptians call her forever the God of Love.

Therefore, now the beauty with stretched arms resembling wings or the eagle-head-shaped statues in the memorial shops along the street are Isis who was devoted to her love, home and country!

Pharaoh favorite, beautiful Nephi: in ancient Egyptian culture, Pharaoh is regarded as a god after his death, while empress cannot be god, so the couple cannot be buried together, and it does not permit to build a temple or statue. Royal women should be buried in the area that was one third smaller than that of Pharaoh (no matter they were buried in pyramid or grave), and most of royal women would be buried in one grave. Occassionally, outside the temple or tomb, besides Pharaoh there will be statues of empress which can not be higher than the knees so as to demonstrate authority of Pharaoh, upper to god, and downward to people.

More than 2300 years ago, the romantic story between Pharaoh Ramses II and his puppy love Nafei was acclaimed and passed on from one generation to another. Before Ramses coming into throne, they have got married at the age of 15 and 13 respectively. After throne, in order to show sincere love, pharaoh changes the rule to confer titles of nobility on her and establishes two memorial temples for her. Today, they still stand in front of people symbolizing pharaoh’s deep love for Nafei. There is another beaytiful temple to Goddess Hather near the Abu Simbel temple made by Remses II, which became famous because of the construction of reservoirs.

Sentences or pictures about dedication, and relief of goddess according to Nephi’s avatar were engraved. And the same height statue of Pharaoh and Nephi stood at the temple entrance. Both temples stand side by side facing the Nile, telling that phraoah called Nafey Goddess Hather to show his deep love to Nafey. After the death of Empress Nephi, the tomb which Pharaoh was ready for her is huge and beautiful, many flowers and leaves, and a series of pictures about goddess rebirthing to the heaven were graved on the cliff. There are eight rooms in the tomb. There are queen’ rebirth’ pictures on every room’s channel connected. The broad covering and beautiful building surpass some pharaohs’ tomb rooms. Until now, the beautiful queen who is praised usually appears on ladies’ jewelries. We can see semi-body’s appearance no matter on pendant, brooch or decorative magnets, passing through thousands of years, showing elegant, gorgeous and demure smiles.

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