The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization: The god Nilus or the Nile River, the god of water for the ancient Egyptians

egypt Thu, Apr. 28, 2022
In the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, there is a statue of the god Nilus, which was sanctified by the ancient Egyptians, and which we are talking about in the Sweet Egypt series in your Ramadan is interactive on the seventh day, because they considered it the source of goodness, fertility and growth for their land, and for this they kept it clean and pure, as it was the only river that flowed in their land, and they called it the Great River.

In the Greco-Roman era, they called it the River of Egypt or Nilus, the Lord of Waters. It is a headless marble statue of Nilus sitting on a throne, and it dates back to the second Roman century.

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, the first of its kind in Egypt and the Arab world, being the first integrated museum, serves as a comprehensive cultural beacon about Egyptian civilization since prehistoric times to the present day. The museum highlights the interaction between the Egyptians and the land they lived on throughout history from Through civilized topics chosen to shed light on the material and moral heritage of Egypt.