There is one abiding interest everybody – from children which have just recently acquired theory of mind to the most practically minded adults with the most boring jobs imaginable – shares when it comes to antiquity and that is ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.1 This writing system is, without any sarcasm, always a hit at party’s and other festive events. And today, as kind of an appetizer to at least temporarily satisfy this universal curiosity, I want to introduce one specific hieroglyph: a sign that the ancient Egyptians used to write about the supernatural and the divine. More specifically the hieroglyph that chiefly denoted their word for god – Netjer.2