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      • Abdeen Palace
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      • Cairo Basic Tour – 3 Nights
      • Coptic Cairo, Cave Church & Garbage City
      • Gayer Anderson Houses
      • Giza Plateau
      • Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
      • Gt. Pyramid, Sphinx – PRIVATE VISITS
      • Ibn Tulun Medieval Mosque
      • Islamic Museum
      • Medieval Cairo
      • Saladin Citadel, Sultan Hassan and Rifaii Mosques
      • Saqqara 7-Step Pyramid & Serapeum
    • SMALL GROUP TOURS WITH MARAExpand
      • Family Tour of Egypt – A Child’s Eye View of Ancient Egypt
      • Egypt Tour with Mara – A Journey Beyond the Ordinary
      • Sacred Journey of Remembering Along Egypt’s Chakras
    • First-Time in Egypt? Here’s the Perfect 7-Day Itinerary for You
    • Egypt – 9 nights incl Nile Cruise
    • 2027 Solar Eclipse Package – 11 nights
    • Insider Advice – Hidden Pitfalls in Tour Websites
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Heka was the ancient Egyptian understanding of magic—a force that could connect gods, humans, and the world. It wasn’t just spells or rituals; it was the power of intention, words, and symbols to shape life and bring protection, healing, and balance.

King Narmer explains his vision of a powerful, unified Egypt to artisans as they design the Narmer Palette
Egyptian History & Culture

Narmer Palette: The Stone That Dreamed a Nation

ByMara 07/09/202507/09/2025

The Narmer Palette is more than carved stone. It is magic in action—Heka—the moment Egypt was dreamed into being. Carved around 3100 BCE, it shows Narmer uniting North and South, not only through conquest but through the creative power of intention, word, and image.

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A twelve-year-old Egyptian girl speaks Heka to a blue amulet while her mother places another blue Wedjat eye amulet on her brother’s forehead during a fever, invoking the healing power of Heka
Egyptian History & Culture

Heka: The Ancient Egyptian Magic That Still Shapes How We See, Behave, and Believe

ByMara 06/09/202507/09/2025

Heka was more than magic in ancient Egypt—it was the life force itself, the spoken word that shaped reality. A reflection on symbols, spirit, and timeless wisdom

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A diverse group of 16 travelers and their Egyptian guide smiling in front of the massive, engraved pillars at the entrance of Medinet Habu Temple in Luxor.

Medinet Habu: The Pharaoh’s Bargain with Chaos

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A cloaked figure contemplates the mysteries of ancient Egypt within moonlit temple ruins
Living in Egypt: Personal Insights

Return of the Djedi? | TheSevenKeys #4

ByMara 30/06/202306/09/2025

2012 was the end of a solar cycle and the beginning of a new one. In ancient Egypt the raising of the djed took place at such times and the Djedi were ancient wisdom keepers – is it time for the Return of the Djedi?

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Ancient Egyptian Djed pillar amulet, representing stability and the backbone of Osiris
Egyptian History & Culture

Lost Symbols of Egypt

ByMara 30/05/201306/09/2025

Reflections on the lost symbols of Egypt—the Djed, Tyet, and combined Ankh+Djed+Was—and how these amulets connect us to Heka magic, offering strength, focus, and a touch of the sacred in daily life.

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Ancient Egyptian relief showing Osiris seated on a throne with green skin, accompanied by goddess Isis, with hieroglyphic background
Egyptian History & Culture

Isis & Osiris – Goddess of Love & God of the Underworld

ByMara 26/04/201306/09/2025

ancient Egyptian myth of Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys — gods of love, chaos, death, and rebirth

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    • Mara House Luxor – Hotel Gallery
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  • TOUR EGYPT WITH MARA HOUSE
    • TOURS IN LUXOR
      • Abydos & Dendera
      • Karnak Temple
      • Luxor Temple: The Temple of Man
      • Luxor Holidays – 3 night package deal
      • Luxor & Aswan
      • West Bank Tour – Valley of Kings etc.
        • Medinet Habu: The Pharaoh’s Bargain with Chaos
    • TOURS IN CAIRO with Mara House
      • Abdeen Palace
      • Antiquities Museum at Tahrir Sq.
      • Cairo Basic Tour – 3 Nights
      • Coptic Cairo, Cave Church & Garbage City
      • Gayer Anderson Houses
      • Giza Plateau
      • Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
      • Gt. Pyramid, Sphinx – PRIVATE VISITS
      • Ibn Tulun Medieval Mosque
      • Islamic Museum
      • Medieval Cairo
      • Saladin Citadel, Sultan Hassan and Rifaii Mosques
      • Saqqara 7-Step Pyramid & Serapeum
    • SMALL GROUP TOURS WITH MARA
      • Family Tour of Egypt – A Child’s Eye View of Ancient Egypt
      • Egypt Tour with Mara – A Journey Beyond the Ordinary
      • Sacred Journey of Remembering Along Egypt’s Chakras
    • First-Time in Egypt? Here’s the Perfect 7-Day Itinerary for You
    • Egypt – 9 nights incl Nile Cruise
    • 2027 Solar Eclipse Package – 11 nights
    • Insider Advice – Hidden Pitfalls in Tour Websites
  • EGYPT HISTORY & CULTURE
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    • Cairo History & Heritage
    • Luxor History & Heritage
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  • HOME: EGYPT TRAVEL ADVICE from Mara
  • MARA HOUSE LUXOR
    • Luxor Holidays – 3 night package deal
    • The Salahadeen Feast
    • Compare Mara House to 3 Top Tour Companies
    • Guests’ Photo Gallery – Mara House Luxor
    • Mara House Luxor – Hotel Gallery
    • Guest Book
  • TOUR EGYPT WITH MARA HOUSE
    • TOURS IN LUXOR
      • Abydos & Dendera
      • Karnak Temple
      • Luxor Temple: The Temple of Man
      • Luxor Holidays – 3 night package deal
      • Luxor & Aswan
      • West Bank Tour – Valley of Kings etc.
        • Medinet Habu: The Pharaoh’s Bargain with Chaos
    • TOURS IN CAIRO with Mara House
      • Abdeen Palace
      • Antiquities Museum at Tahrir Sq.
      • Cairo Basic Tour – 3 Nights
      • Coptic Cairo, Cave Church & Garbage City
      • Gayer Anderson Houses
      • Giza Plateau
      • Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
      • Gt. Pyramid, Sphinx – PRIVATE VISITS
      • Ibn Tulun Medieval Mosque
      • Islamic Museum
      • Medieval Cairo
      • Saladin Citadel, Sultan Hassan and Rifaii Mosques
      • Saqqara 7-Step Pyramid & Serapeum
    • SMALL GROUP TOURS WITH MARA
      • Family Tour of Egypt – A Child’s Eye View of Ancient Egypt
      • Egypt Tour with Mara – A Journey Beyond the Ordinary
      • Sacred Journey of Remembering Along Egypt’s Chakras
    • First-Time in Egypt? Here’s the Perfect 7-Day Itinerary for You
    • Egypt – 9 nights incl Nile Cruise
    • 2027 Solar Eclipse Package – 11 nights
    • Insider Advice – Hidden Pitfalls in Tour Websites
  • EGYPT HISTORY & CULTURE
    • Egyptian Rulers & Legends
    • Cairo History & Heritage
    • Luxor History & Heritage
    • Gods of Egypt
    • Muhammad Ali Dynasty
  • Who is Mara?
  • Mara’s Blog
  • Contact Mara