In ancient Egypt, the term house of eternity refers to a tomb that consists of a pit, a tomb shaft, or from mudbricks, which were later carved into rocks; or built on open land. Burial sites made of stone were a "sign of immortality", due to the long durability of stone.

Jun 25, 2008 · The term neheh refers to the cyclical nature of time as expressed in the passage of seasons and celestial events, the time that is not linear, but goes in a spiral with the repetition of certain events: day and night, seasons, holidays, and the natural cycles of life. Neheh’s cyclical nature can be observed in the hieroglyphs that make up its ...

Nov 12, 2023 · Neheh is the condition of the existing world. It is imperfect and changing, providing for natural cycles and regeneration. Djet is the condition of the ideal world; it is the state of the Deities. Djet is outside of time. It is, or contains, the ideal Forms of everything.

Feb 1, 2017 · Neheh, cyclical time, was tied to the passage of the sun through the sky during the day and the Netherworld during the night (O.C.81).

They distinguished between two types of time: neheh and djet. Neheh referred to cyclical solar time associated with the daily journey of the sun god Ra. Djet referred to permanent, unchanging time associated with the underworld god Osiris. The Egyptians saw neheh and djet as intertwining, with Ra joining Osiris at night.

“Neheh or cyclical time is the never-ending recurrence of the same; it is generated by the movement of the heavenly bodies and hence determined by the sun.

They represent not only “stone” to symbolize durability and solidity, but also neheh – a “divine place” for the world of the living45. The temple of millions of years, for example, is an individual place implying the “present”, and develops a place for the afterlife.

(Hauhet) “The Infinite/Eternal” (fem.), a Goddess belonging to the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Consort of the God Heh, they represent together the concept of neheh. There are two concepts of eternity in Egyptian thought, neheh and djet, which are clearly complementary, but precisely how has been a subject of controversy.

May 20, 2021 · The article is devoted to ancient Egyptians temporal categories: nHH (neheh) and Dt (djet) and their comparison with the tradition of ancient Greek philosophy.

Hauhet and Heh together represent the djed and neheh. Djed: static eternity which stands outside of time. The perfect, permeant, or timeless; Neheh: eternity of cosmic time, embodiment in the orderly revolutions of the heavenly bodies; 12th hour of the night, welcoming the reborn sun.