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The Nile's Gods in Real Places
For the Egyptians the gods lived at real places on the river — the flood at Elephantine, Isis at Philae, the crocodile god at Kom Ombo. A journey down the Nile through the spirit world as they saw it.
Chapters
On-screen text
- 0:07 The Nile — where the gods lived
- 0:43 The Institute reads: Hapi personifies the flood Historical record · Egyptian religious texts
- 1:09 Plutarch notes Isis wept for Osiris Tradition / scripture · Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris
- 1:36 Place: Nile floodplain, Early Dynastic
- 2:15 The First Cataract
- 2:46 Who guards the flood?
- 3:07 Khnum, ram‑headed god, controls flood. Historical record · Famine Stela, Sehel Island
- 4:04 The Institute reads: Khnum’s cavern channels the flood. The Institute's interpretation
- 4:27 How did belief shape the river?
- 4:33 Philae, c. 300 BC–AD 500
- 4:55 Who tended the sacred statue?
- 5:12 Philae, sanctuary of Isis
- 6:10 The Institute reads… myths of Isis The Institute's interpretation
- 6:51 One of the last sanctuaries of the old gods
- 6:59 Kom Ombo
- 7:28 Who tended the river's guardian?
- 7:36 Mummified crocodiles buried here Historical record · Temple of Kom Ombo
- 9:10 Kom Ombo: double temple of Sobek and Haroeris Historical record · Temple of Kom Ombo
Sources
Historical record: Egyptian religious texts · Famine Stela, Sehel Island · Temple of Kom Ombo
Tradition / scripture: Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris
Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 292 s of CPU.