Le Paradis des anciens Égyptiens

J’ai reçu récemment en entretien Damien Fabre, qui tient depuis plusieurs années l’émission d’histoire des religions Religare sur internet. On a parlé ensemble de l’intérêt de faire de l’histoire des religions, et vous l’entendrez dans quelques jours quand l’entretien sera dispon ...  Show more

Aujourd’hui encore, la faim tue dans le monde, mais en tant qu’occidentaux, on a tendance à l’oublier, puisque cela fait longtemps qu’en Europe, on n'en a pas été victime. Et pourtant, l’Europe aussi a pu prendre très cher par le passé. J’aimerais donc vous proposer aujourd’hui d ...  Show more

Unas in the sky with deities. Around 2320 BCE, King Unas did something interesting. His pyramid, at Saqqraa, is the first (surviving) monument to feature the Pyramid Texts. These elaborate hieroglyph texts reveal the religious rituals, references, and philosophy of the Old Kingdo ...  Show more

Pyramids, mummies, and pharaohs define our understanding of ancient Egypt, a timeless and eternal land. But the Nile wasn't always ruled by god-like kings, and long before they emerged, Egypt was home to other peoples and other ways of life. As Egyptian civilization emerged, t ...

Interlude: Atum Creates the Universe. The stories of how ancient Egypt (and the world) came into existence are beautiful. In this episode, we explore three Creation myths: the tale of Atum and the primeval Ocean; the tale of Ptah and the divine word; and the story of the Ogdoad, ...  Show more

When we think of Ancient Egypt, we think of the pyramids: vast, eternal monuments to the glory of long-dead pharaohs. But we shouldn’t take them for granted: They belong to a specific place and time, and the people who built them had their reasons for doing so. The world that ...