Mini Episode: Khoiak Festivities

The Religious Year (Part 4): Hathor and Osiris.

In the fourth month of the year, the Egyptians celebrated the end of the Nile flood (Akhet). With grand ceremonies to Hathor, Osiris and the god Sokar, they brought the first season of the year to a close.

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Select Bibliography:

Stuart Tyson-Smith, “Raising the Djed-Pillar” (PDF)

Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.

University College London – Khoiak (Website)

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology – Sokar (Website)

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Release date

Lydbog: 29. april 2017