EMİR ERKAYA

Toth is the god of all knowledge, art, magic, hieroglyphe, and writing in Ancient Egypt. In the painting, the God sits across the Scribe who writes history in the form of Baboon and his presence is everywhere in the garden through his sacred animals, the baboon and the Ibis birds.

The garden once belonged to a magnificent villa that existed in the Golden Age of Ancient Egypt. But those times are past now, the Villa has been demolished, and nature and animals have surrounded its garden and pool. A peasant woman is walking through the garden with her basket. A small pyramid tomb is seen in the background.

This pyramid tomb does not belong to the Pharaoh, but to one of the artists of the times, located in the craftsmen's village of Medinet Habu. These anonymous artists painted and decorated the tombs and temple walls of the Pharaohs for thousands of years. He had a small, modest pyramid built for himself, as a reminder of his immortality.

Sobek is considered the god of the Nile and all waters by the ancient Egyptians. He is also a fearsome and destructive god. Because the Nile gives life to all of Egypt with its annual floods, it can also bring drought and famine.

This picture is a scene from Aswan, the southernmost part of Egypt, closer to Africa. Sobek's presence is everywhere in the picture through his sacred animals, the crocodiles. There is a large pool in the middle. It used to be the sacred pool of a large temple, but the temple was destroyed, only the pool remains, now covered with water lilies, and in the background there is a small temple chapel that is only big enough for a village. Children are playing with crocodiles. Crocodile care in Aswan is an old tradition in Nubian villages, where crocodiles that reach a certain size are released back into the river.