Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com Ancient Egypt, Greece & Rome History Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:54:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://ancientsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-1-150x126.png Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com 32 32 167794014 Heket and Hecate: Are the Egyptian and Greek Goddesses the Same? https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/heket-and-hecate-are-the-egyptian-and-greek-goddesses-the-same/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:54:26 +0000 https://ancientsociety.com/?p=4363 Heket and Hecate are not the same goddess. Heket, also written Heqet, is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated primarily with birth, generation, new life, and the frog. Hecate, or Hekate, belongs to the Greek religious tradition and became associated with crossroads, boundaries, torches, ghosts, the night, and eventually magic and witchcraft. The confusion between Heket […]

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]]> 4363 The Ancient Egyptian Soul: Ka, Ba, Akh and the Essential Parts of a Person https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/ancient-egyptian-soul/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:42:10 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=1494 What made a person a person in ancient Egypt? The answer was much more complicated than simply having a body and a soul. Ancient Egyptians understood a human being as a collection of interconnected physical and spiritual aspects. A person had a body, but also a Ka, a Ba, a heart, a name, a shadow, and […]

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]]> 1494 Senet: The Ancient Egyptian Board Game of Life, Death and the Afterlife https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/senet/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:52:52 +0000 https://ancientsociety.com/?p=4152 Senet was one of the most popular board games of ancient Egypt and one of the earliest board games known from the ancient world. Played by two people on a rectangular board of 30 squares, Senet began as a game of strategy, racing, and chance. Over time, however, it became something much more important. By […]

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]]> 4152 Sekhmet vs. Bastet: What Is the Difference? https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/sekhmet-vs-bastet/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:01:00 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=3592 Sekhmet and Bastet were both powerful feline goddesses in ancient Egyptian religion. Both could protect people, both were connected to the sun god Ra, and both could display fierce and benevolent qualities. Their similarities were strong enough that the two goddesses could sometimes overlap or be treated as contrasting manifestations of divine feline power. Despite […]

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]]> 3592 What Did The Ancient Egyptians Invent? https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/ancient-egyptian-inventions/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:19:23 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=1785 Ancient Egypt gave the world some of history’s most remarkable technological, scientific, and cultural innovations. So, what did the ancient Egyptians actually invent? The answer includes papyrus sheets, sophisticated carbon inks, one of the world’s earliest writing systems, a 365-day civil calendar, water clocks, advanced medical procedures, cosmetic formulas, irrigation technology, monumental stone architecture, and highly […]

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]]> 1785 Who Is the Most Powerful Goddess in Mythology? https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/most-powerful-goddess-in-mythology/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:14:47 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=1757 Who is the most powerful goddess in mythology? It sounds like a simple question, but comparing goddesses from different religions and mythological traditions is difficult. There is no ancient ranking system that tells us whether an Egyptian goddess was stronger than a Greek goddess or whether a Norse deity could defeat a Mesopotamian one. Each tradition […]

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]]> 1757 Egyptian Hieroglyph Emojis: Copy and Paste Ancient Egyptian Symbols https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/egyptian-hieroglyph-emojis/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:26:26 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=3445 Looking for Egyptian hieroglyph emojis that you can copy and paste? Although there is no complete set of ancient Egyptian emojis, Unicode includes hundreds of genuine Egyptian hieroglyphic characters. These symbols can be copied into social media posts, usernames, captions, messages, documents, and website content. Some of the most popular Egyptian symbols include: 𓂀 𓋹 […]

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]]> 3445 How Long Did It Take to Travel in Ancient Rome? https://ancientsociety.com/rome/how-long-did-it-take-to-travel-in-ancient-rome/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:47:43 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=1823 The Roman Empire built one of the ancient world’s most extensive transportation networks, connecting cities across Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. But how long did it actually take to travel in ancient Rome? For an ordinary traveler, a reasonable overland pace was about 15 to 25 miles per day, or approximately 24 to 40 […]

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]]> 1823 Where the ancient Egyptians black? https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/where-the-ancient-egyptians-black/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:11:29 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=3219 I struggle to post a single post on social media without someone chiming in to inform me that the ancient Egyptians were black. Most recently, I posted a video about Cleopatra I Syra. Her bust (like many ancient Egyptian statues) had her nose broken, and someone quickly chimed in to tell me that historians did […]

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]]> 3219 Who Was the First Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt? Narmer or Menes? https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/first-pharaoh-of-ancient-egypt/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:11:19 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=1790 Narmer is widely regarded as the first ruler of a unified ancient Egypt and the founder, or one of the founders, of Egypt’s First Dynasty. He ruled around 3100 BCE, more than 5,000 years ago, near the end of the Predynastic Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period. Narmer is famous for apparently […]

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