2 Reasons WHY The Number Three Was Important In Ancient Egypt!

Numbers have held important roles in civilizations for as long as they have existed. Numbers have and continue to influence everything from hierarchies to calendars to systems in almost every civilization on Earth. In ancient history, the number three has been an important representation of cultural and religious aspects of a civilization or ideology. For example, the number three is sacred in Christianity because it is symbolic of the holy trinity representing God, Jesus and Holy Spirit. The number three especially played a significant role in the sacred symbolism of ancient Egypt. Here are the top two reasons why the number three was important to ancient Egypt.

 

REASON NUMBER ONE: THE GODS

The Egyptians symbolized the number three as being heavenly due to the triads of gods.

While three was the number associated with the concept of plurality, three was also a number of unity inherent in plurality, as may be seen in the many divine families which Egyptian theology constructed of a god, his wife and their child, or in the characterization of Amun, Re and Ptah as the soul, face and body of the god. 

The most popular triads were:

1. Osiris -- Isis -- Horus 
2. Amun -- Mut -- Khonsua 

REASON NUMBER TWO: ORION'S BELT

Three was the symbol for Orion's Belt. The group of three stars known as Orion's Belt was believed to be in perfect alignment with the Egyptian pyramids at Giza. this idea is known as the Orion Correlation Theory (Bauval, 2010). 

Many Egyptologists have tried to explain the correlation but the orthodox ones have ignored and dismissed many claims. 

According to sky planetarium programs, the only time the pyramids were aligned with Orion's Belt was in 10 000 BCE. 

According to some archaeologists, it would have been nearly impossible for the Egyptian civilization being around at that time, as there is no evidence.

Many still maintain that this idea is correct and might very well be the case. 

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