The Egyptian tourist industry is based on the legacy of 5000 years of
cultural development and monumental building by Egyptians. Today we enjoy
the splendors of Egypt because of the rediscovery of its wonders in the
1800's and because of the well organised and efficient tourist industry
that the modern Egyptian have built.
When Napoleon's expedition of 160 scientists returned from Egypt to publish
the Description de l'Egypte (1809), the Gods of Egypt were reborn and
the remnants of their cult temples and ritual centres were discovered.
Egyptology became a hobby and and then a science in the
1800's and 1900's, and each year's excavations and publications bring
more knowledge of how the religion of the Ancient Egyptians was integrated
into their daily lives.
The original breakthrough came with Champollion's success at deciphering the heiroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone. Champollion then took a tour of the Egyptian monuments to collect more heiroglyphic texts. Champollion also collected and published the representations of the gods as seen on those ancient Egyptian monuments. Champollion's Gods of Egypt can be seen in the screensaver produced by Pixel Paradox.
Egypt once depended on others to discover its past, but
no more. Today Egyptians all along the Nile are actively engaged is
discovery and preservation of the magnificant legacy of the past. The
descendants of the builders of the pyramids are constantly contributing
to the body of knowledge that is known as Egyptology.
This site and its companion sites Egypt
Cult Centers and Egypt
Creation Myths, bring you the fruits of decades of work by Egyptologists
of all nationalities to present the Gods of Egypt and their Cult Centers.