Egyptian Symbolism in Western Society

What does our modern society have to do with ancient Egypt? A lot, in fact many of the phrases that we use today have roots from ancient Egypt. Some historians even go as far as comparing the drastic similarities between the Egyptian "book of the dead" and the western societies bible.

The most important god in the Egyptian society was Horus. Horus was the sun god, and was the reason that the sun came up in the morning, and went down at night. In the average day, many people allude to Horus multiple times without even knowing who he is.

Originally hours were used to delineate where the sun was in the sky as opposed to the time of day. One could argue that these are the same things, but that is beside the point. When you rearrange the letters a little bit in the word hours or if you pronounce the word "Horus" slightly different then you end up with the same word. No matter which route you take this word will come out to "hours". This is where we got the term.

According to the ancient Egyptian religion Set was the "evil" god of darkness. Every night Set would fight against Horus. Set would then win, and the world would go dark. The next morning Horus would start getting the upper hand and the rays of light would penetrate the deepest corners of the world. This epic battle has led to the term "Sunset" that we still use today.

These small quirks of history can even go further when analyzed in more depth. Some seemingly provocative historians even quote the "book of the dead" to contain rules that are strikingly similar to the Ten Commandments mentioned in the bible. Some of these researchers go even as far as to compare Horus between Jesus. These seemingly impossible similarities have led many people to create a number of controversies that often permeate people's ideas.

Our modern society tends to be a mix of the most successful cultures of all time. We have democracy from Rome, and much of our language from the same nation. Our culture is inherited from England's imperial days, and a countless number of small traditions have been inherited from smaller European countries. Considering all of this, would it be too extreme to say that perhaps parts of the bible were based upon the successful society that Egypt built?