Category: civilization
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Limestone Statues, Amulets, Foundation Deposits, Bronze Statues
Ancient Egyptian statues of people often depicted individuals as healthy, fit, and in the prime of their lives. The statues were often created to protect and provide for deceased spirits. The primary purpose of most Egyptian sculpture was to represent the individual in death before Osiris, or in life and death before the deities of…
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Yuya & Thuya, Special, Daily Life
Yuya and Thuya were ancient Egyptian nobles who lived during the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt’s New Kingdom. The couple were from Akhmim, and held titles associated with the cult of the local god Min. Although non-royals, their daughter Tiye became the chief wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. They were buried in a private-style tomb in…
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Gods, Cache Tombs Luxor, Priest of Anum, Burial Chamber
Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion, which emerged sometime in prehistory. Deities represented natural forces and phenomena, and the Egyptians supported and appeased them through offerings and rituals so that these forces would continue to…
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Ptolemaic, Woden Statuary, Cosmetics, Spinning Weaving & Sewing, Medical
The Ptolemaic Kingdom or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander the Great, and ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Reigning for…
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Universal Theory of Higher Levels of Existence – Heavens
The Universal Theory of Higher Levels of Existence, or Heavens, is a scientific theory which explain from a scientific perspective/standpoint, what religions around the world call Heaven. I call it Universal because it applies to all religions since it is the same heaven for all of them. During my lifetime I have been dreaming, while…