Osiris ruled over the afterlife and judged the souls of people who had died to decide if they could enter the peaceful afterlife.

As the goddess of magic, healing, motherhood, and protection, Isis was one of the most important and powerful goddesses in Ancient Egypt.

Horus was a sky god and his right eye was said to be the sun, and his left eye was the moon.

She was the goddess of the sky, but also love, beauty, music, dancing, motherhood, and joy. She was sometimes called the "Lady of Heaven."

Egyptians believed that Bes's fierce, frightening appearance could chase away demons and bad luck. His scary face was meant to protect people, not hurt them.

Bastet was the goddess of cats, women, children, the home, fertility, childbirth and secrets.

In Egyptian myth, Anubis was associated with death.

The name Amun meant "the hidden one”. He represented all the mysterious things in the universe and he was invisible like the air or the wind.

Sekhmet was one of the oldest known Egyptian deities. Sekhmet's name means "she who is powerful," and she was both a warrior goddess and the patron of healers. 

Valentine's Day is celebrated every year on February 14th with heart-shaped candies, cards and gift exchanges. While the holiday is named after Saint Valentine, its origins are thought to go back to ancient Roman times. 

According to an ancient Chinese legend, a monster named Nian (which means year) would attack a village and eat people at the beginning of the year. Each year, the villagers fled until they learned it could be frightened away by loud noises, bright lights and red lanterns. Today, Chinese New Year is celebrated with firecrackers, fireworks and red lanterns.

The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is the most important festival in China. It takes place on the first new moon between January 21st and February 20th. In 2025, the Year of the Snake will begin on January 29. Here are a few ideas for celebrating Lunar New Year in the Classroom.

Maat was the daughter of Ra and the wife of Thoth. She weighed the heart of those who died against her feather to decide who would travel to the afterlife. She is depicted as a woman with an ostrich feather on her head, sometimes winged. Sometimes she was pictured  as an ostrich feather.