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On 12th February 2015, the Islamic State (IS) released a report in their online magazine Dabiq showing photos of 21 Egyptian Christian construction workers that they had kidnapped in the city of Sirte, Libya, and whom they reported had been killed. [1] The men, who came from different villages in Egypt, 13 of them from Al-Our, Minya Governorate ...
Isis [Note 1] was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom ( c. 2686 – c. 2181 BCE ) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth , in which she resurrects her slain brother and husband, the divine king Osiris , and produces and protects ...
Roman statue of Isis, second century CE. Greco-Roman mysteries were voluntary, secret initiation rituals. [2] They were dedicated to a particular deity or group of deities, and used a variety of intense experiences, such as nocturnal darkness interrupted by bright light, or loud music or noise, that induced a state of disorientation and an intense religious experience.
A leading rights group on Monday called on Egyptian authorities to quash blasphemy sentences handed down to four teens and their teacher. Egyptian teens convicted of blasphemy for video mocking ...
In recent years some Egyptologists, such as Gerhard Haeny, have argued that there is no clear division between the two. The Egyptians did not refer to mortuary temples by any distinct name. [16] [Note 2] Nor were rituals for the dead and rituals for the gods mutually exclusive; the symbolism surrounding death was present in all Egyptian temples ...
In Roman Egypt, Menouthis was widely known as an oracular and healing cult centre of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis [4] and it drew devotees from a wide region. [5] The temple of Isis in the city contained religious statues and was decorated with hieroglyphs. [6]
The Pope, who was due to visit Egypt on 28 April, offered his condolences to his "brother" Tawadros II and to "all of the dear Egyptian nation" during his speech, while praying for the dead and the wounded. [61] [62] The World Council of Churches and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, also spoke out against the attacks.
ISIS terrorists have reportedly burned alive the Jordanian pilot being held captive. Muath al-Kasasbeh is shown in the video being set on fire while inside a cage, according to multiple media reports.