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581. Cattle Goddesses and Hunting Gods
May 15, 2012
In Egypt, cattle were particularly important in the development of religious belief. Recent study of the sites of Nabta Playa andBir Kisseiba in the Sahara -to the west of the upper Nile Valley has shown that cattle were perhaps venerated there long before they were domesticated around 7000 bc. The...
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582. The power of the sun god: the Heliopolitan view
May 15, 2012
Ueliopolis, the chief centre of solar worship, produced a somewhat different mythic system built sround the so-called Ennead (see p. 78) or ‘group of nine’ deities which consisted of the sun god and eight of his descendants. The Heliopolitan theologians naturally stressed the role of the sun god i...
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583. Birth of the Gods
May 15, 2012
the genesis of the Egyptian gods goes far back into prehistoric times. These earliest beginnings occurred long before Egypt’s existence as a nation state and the invention of writing, so we are forced to work with only non-written evidence often from relatively uncertain contexts and settings...
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584. Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II)
May 06, 2012
This magnificent mortuary temple was built on the site of Seti I’s ruined temple and was described as the “tomb of Ozymandia,” which later inspired poetic verse by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II (“Ramesses the Great”, ...
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585. Deir el-Bahri Temple
May 05, 2012
Hatshepsut is one of the solon mystic figures of ancient Egyptian history. Much is legendary of her rule as Queen, yet so many questions remain unrequited. Questions such as why previous in the rule of her successor Tuthmosis III, 40 geezerhood after her end, did he dead seem to proceed on a effort ...
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586. Heart scarab of sebekemzaf
April 28, 2012
This Jasper scarab set in gold is the earliest known royal heart scarab. The first heart scarab hitherto found belonged to a private official about a century earlier than this example, but it seems unlikely that this type of object was first invented for a commoner .the scarab has a rudimentary huma...
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587. A bead collar
April 28, 2012
Necklaces such as this are usually called’ A bead collar’ by Egyptologists, reflecting the Egyptian term wesekh. As with many items buried in tomb , they could be understood on a number of different levels. Though it is often used for simple adornment, the brilliant blue color of faience is also hig...
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588. The Great Temple at Abu Simbel
April 28, 2012
The temple, titled Hwt Ramesses Meryamun, the “Temple of Ramesses, honey of Amun,” was begun fairly precocious in Ramesses’ stretch dominion, authorised few experience after his ordinal regnal assemblage, but not realized until his 35th regnal gathering. The monumental frontage of the water temple i...
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589. Statue of the Nile god Hapy
April 23, 2012
The statue depicts a corpulent figure, male but with somewhat pendulous breasts, presenting an offering table from which hang dead gees and masses of lotus and papyrus flowers. This resembles a three-dimensional version of the series of figure known as” Nile gods” or “fecundity figure “, frequently ...
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590. Statue of Roy
March 28, 2012
Roy is shown squatting ,wearing a long pleated robe with his arms folded on top of his knees. His head is represented in typical Ramesside fashion, with a somewhat oval face and an elaborate shoulder –length double wig. Below his arms is a large sistrum, a musical instrument sacred to the goddess Ha...
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