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Geb (Seb, Keb, Kebb or Gebb) was the god of the earth in Ancient Egypt. His grandfather was Atum (the creator), his father Shu (the god of air), and his mother Tefnut (the goddess of moisture).
In Egyptian mythology, Geb was the third divine pharaoh, reigning after his father, Shu, and before Osiris. As he also supported Horus’ right to the throne following the death of Osiris, the pharaoh was sometimes known as the ‘Heir of Geb’. (The ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the living image of Horus.)
Detail from the Greenfield Papyrus (the Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtashru). It depicts the air god Shu, assisted by the ram-headed Heh deities, supporting the sky goddess Nut as the earth god Geb reclines beneath.
During the pre-dynastic period, Geb seemed to be worshipped mainly as a goose, his sacred animal. One ceremony to mark a new pharaoh’s accession involved releasing four wild geese to the four corners of the sky to bring luck to the new king.
Wild geese on the great Harris papyrus, from a tomb near Medinet Habu, British Museum
Giddu
A mad magician in Nuba. (See Nuba). He was born and raised into the world of magic by his chieftain father in a small settlement west of the Nubian mountains close to Napta Playa. Napta Playa is considered the cradle of the ancient Egyptian civilization. Giddu left his tribe and wandered the southern mountains while he was obsessed with the arrival of the Third.
Located deep in the Nubian desert, the Nabta Playa stone circle holds astonishing details of ancient astronomy. Located 500 miles south of Cairo, deep in the Nubian desert is one of the oldest stone circle.
Gilukhepa
Egyptian queen; daughter of King Shuttarna of Mitanni and wife of Amenhotep III
Gilukhepa was sent to Egypt to marry Amenhotep III for political reasons. Amenhotep III. used commemorative scarabs to document his most extraordinary deeds, and he made a special issue of his marriage to Gilukhepa in his 10th regnal year (ca.1378–1376 BCE). The scarab serves as the “ancient newspaper for the other countries, and through them, the pharaoh let his allies and enemies know about his diplomatic achievements. On this marriage scarab, he recorded that the Mittani princess was escorted by 317 ladies-in-waiting, women from the Mitanni king’s royal palace. As a result, Gilukhepa became known as the ‘King’s Secondary Wife’, meaning her title was secondary to Amenhotep III’s chief wife, Queen Tiye.
Gunzu
Babylonian caravan leader of the Kassite King, Kadashman Enlil I.
