Kemetism facts for kids

Kemetism (also called Kemeticism, Neterism, or Egyptian neopaganism) is a new religious movement that wants to revive the Ancient Egyptian religion. The movement started in the 1970s; most of its followers live in the United States, in France or in the Czech Repulbic.

Images for kids

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  Private altar of a practitioner in Czechia, with a statue representing Thoth featured prominently

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  Hieroglyphic writing "Kemet"

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  Ancient Isis (ancient Egyptian Isis) in modern imagery; the only significant connection to ancient Egyptian tradition here is the sistrum that the goddess holds in her hand

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  Kemetic altar with a small offering

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  The traditional ancient idea of a solar god in a barque; his daily voyage on the celestial and subterrestrial Nile expressed the cycle of creation and dissolution, against which the infinity of existence was hidden

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  Sun god as "Lord of Order"

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In Spanish: Kemetismo para niños