One of the most beautiful scenes of the tomb of Princess "Edot", the daughter of King Onas (Fifth Dynasty, an ancient state, about 2350 BC).
The mural depicts the female hippopotamus as she gives birth, while a crocodile standing next to the new hippopotamus stands waiting for him to go out to life to prey on him.
This scene is one of the finest creations of Egyptian art, and it concludes the old Egyptian philosophy in the relationship between life and death.
The hippopotamus in ancient Egypt was the symbol of life or birth again, while the crocodile was the symbol of death.
The crocodile and the female hippopotamus during her birth, is a symbol
Deep understanding of the idea of death that lurks in man from the moment of his birth.
No matter how long the man is, he will never escape the crocodile's claws from the moment he comes to life.
And we see that the artist pictures crocodile standing behind the female hippopotamus, so you do not see, just like death, which is always hidden itself from us and do not see his face only the moment of his function in the transfer from this world to the other world.
The Egyptian artist has succeeded in expressing deep philosophical meanings in this heart-captivating scene, which is a powerful proof of the ability of the language of photography to express the deepest philosophical meanings in a wonderful way that words may sometimes fail to make.
What we see before us is also evidence that nature is the greatest philosopher in existence and is the first teacher of the ancient Egyptian who was contemplating everything around him deeply.
And from nature's meditation, the ancient Egyptian discovered that everything about him speaks a language
Divine / cosmic, and that all that happens on earth is the embodiment of cosmic laws.
And from the contemplation of the behavior of the animals and the conflict between them, the ancient Egyptian was discovered
There is a deep wisdom.
Ancient Egypt did not know the interlocutors of the philosophers sitting in closed rooms talking to the disciples and teaching them "wisdom" as did the philosophic nature of Greece. Egypt knew the "philosophy of nature." The ancient Egyptian contemplated the movement of nature around him and learned how to understand the laws governing the universe.
Therefore, the animals were sacred to the ancient Egyptian, because he saw in them beings learned by wisdom and philosophy through their behavior and behavior in nature.
The entire universe of sacred books written in the language of God can only be read through intuition.
The loss of insight does not see in the animals but beasts unreasonable and walking in the ground with his mind, and blinded him to see the wisdom and philosophy offered by the animal, that sacred being sent to us the God to teach us.
It is Hakim who knows how to understand the language of the animal through its behavior in nature and contemplates the messages of the divine and universal laws.
