The Gods' Names

The table below tells you how to write gods' names in hieroglyphs. In brackets it tells you how to pronounce their name in Egyptian (names like Anubis and Osiris are the Greek versions of Egyptian names). These Egyptian pronunciations are not certain, because the Egyptians did not write their vowels.

Below is a game - see if you can tell which god's name is written in the picture.

 

  

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Name Hieroglyphs Name Hieroglyphs
Osiris

 (Wsir)

 Taweret
Isis

(Iset)

 Bes
Anubis

(Inpu)

 Maat
Horus

(Hor)

 Sekhmet
Hathor Bastet
Amun   or  Sobek  
Re/Ra   or    Ptah
Thoth

(Djehuti)

 God determinative (sometimes appears after a god's name)

 

 

Name the God's Name Game

 

Look at the pictures of hieroglyphs and see if you can spot any gods' names. Most have more than one on each picture! And remember, hieroglyphs can be read left to right or right to left. Click here to see the answers.

 

1. (4 gods)

2. (1 god) 

 

3. (4 gods)

4. (3 gods)

 

5. (2 gods)

6. (1 god)

7. (1 god)

8. (2 gods)

 

Click here to see the answers