Isis as the Tree of Life is suckling the pharoah. Although the pharoah is the most powerful  figure in Ancient Egyptian culture and its highest priest, it is the Goddess who gives life, power, wisdom, and legitimacy. Thus the power of the Egyptian culture was based on a balance of the sexes, and was essential to its survival for so many millenia. 

Our ancestors understood the significance of the number two. On a cave wall in Gibralter
from 10,000 BC, a pregnant mare is decorated with bi-lines, indicating it takes the principle of two to create life. But two  golden women from Turkey of 4000 BC may indicate a mother-daughter lineage. 

​ After all, the mitochondria, the power source in every cell, are inherited from the mother.
The mitochondria of a sperm cell is located in its tail, which drops off when it fertilizes an egg. Therefore all mitochondria come from the mother.

​So, guess who carries the lineage???

 of​The Egyptian Book of the Dead, found in the pharoah’s tomb, was a guide for the soul through the underworld. #Anubis, the jackal-headed God (carrying an Ankh, symbol of life), was the embalmer of the body and guide of the soul (in white robe). In  the Hall of Judgement, the heart of the deceased was weighed on the Scales of Justice against the Feather of Truth. If the heart was lighter than a feather, the deceased could proceed on to the upper world to become a shining star in the heavens.
But if his heart was heavier, Ammit the  Devourer,  (part crocodile, leopard, and hippo), was waiting beneath the scales to devour it. Without a heart the soul would cease to exist! 
Thoth, the ibis-headed god of scribes, standing on the right, would write down the proceedings in the #Akaishic Records, which kept track 

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#Nut the #AncientEgytian skygoddess  protects the journey of the deceased pharaoh  with her body (find him on his barque) as it proceeds through the #Netherworld. In the evening, she swallows the sun (red dot) . It travels through her body and is re-born again in the morning (red dot with wings), reflecting the re-birthing of the  #Pharaoh.

​#Birthing used to be the realm of the  #Feminine. But by the time of the Ancient Greeks the male gods got it into their heads that, by gosh, they too have every right to be creators, and VOILA! Zeus gives birth to Athena! And not having a uterus is no obstacle for a god! He’ll just invent one from that All Powerful Brain of his! And why not?
 
Uterus-envy anyone? 

​Ma'at is the #ancient #Egyptian #Goddess of #Truth and #Justice, the two principles that drive peace, stability, and wholesome human interaction. On Judgement Day, the feather in her headband is weighed against the heart of the deceased in the underworld. If the heart is heavier, the soul cannot return to Earth. If it is a light as the feather, the soul can pass on to heaven to shine as a star in the sky. Pretty cool!
I guess some lessons never quite get learned!

This priestess raises her perfect hands to the heavens, releasing the souls of the dead, represented by the doves in her crown. Her bird face and long neck as well as the 13- moon crown reveal that she is The Goddess herself.

The bird is the symbol of the goddess, as it reflects many of her gifts and qualities. Like birds, the goddess inhabits all realms; in the ground, in the water, in the air. And like the bird, she can ascend to the heavens. But most importantly, the bird is twice born; once as an egg and once as a chick. And the goddess too is the generator of  the life cycle; birth,  death, and re-birth.

She is The Great Re-cycler.  Crete; clay, 1300BC