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The Return of Sekhmet: Twelve Interviews
2018 •
Ronnie Pontiac
My co-author Tamra Lucid and I were interested in finding out what Sekhmet's devotees are experiencing and practicing so we spread the word on social media looking for people willing to be interviewed. We interviewed twelve devotees from around the world.
III. Horus in the Akhet: The Religious Meaning of the Great Sphinx
III. Horus in the Akhet: The Religious Meaning of the Great Sphinx
2020 •
Christian Irigaray
Inscriptions from the New Kingdom relate that the Great Sphinx was regarded as an image of Horemakhet. In this study we focus on the religious meaning of Horus in the Akhet in the context of the Heliopolitan Cosmogony, as well as the initiatory context of the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and the Book of the Dead. We also cover the feline deities associated to the Sphinx: Sekhmet, Bastet, Ruty, Aker, etc.
Nile Magazine
Nile Magazine #11, December 2017 - January 2018-Sample
2017 •
Nile Magazine - Jeff Burzacott, Editor
Inside: -- The great Big Void in the Great Pyramid. The first comprehensive report on the ScanPyramids discovery. Plus, why we can conceivably look forward to even more exciting news. -- Sekhmet: the fiery agent of Ra's fury, AND the patron goddess of healers and physicians. -- Ramesses III's masterpiece: the story of the king's amazing sarcophagus lid. -- Fascinating Pyramids: the world-class artefacts in the Liechtenstein National Museum. -- A Woman's Afterlife: Things were far from egalitarian in ancient Egypt: to be reborn, a deceased woman had to briefly turn into a man. -- Soulful Creatures: animal mummies and their messages for the gods—and us. -- The discovery of the spectacular family vault of Sennedjem. Plus, research that provides a new perspective on Theban life at the edge of the Third Intermediate Period. -- Lord Carnarvon: financial patron to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb AND talented photographer! -- Plus, The Quiz (and this one's not quite so tough!).
III. The Religious Meaning of the Great Sphinx
III. The Religious Meaning of the Great Sphinx
2020 •
Christian Irigaray
The Sphinx is recorded to represent Horemakhet (Horus in the Akhet). Here we look at the religious meaning of the Great Sphinx, analizing the Heliopolitan Cosmogony, and Egyptian texts from the perspective of initiatory religion. We also analyze feline deities related to the Sphinx such as Sekhmet, Bastet, Ruty, Aker, etc.
[George Hart] The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian(Bookos org)
Chaton Rouge
"Read Like an Egyptian" – Art and Architecture in Ancient Egypt, Part 2
Brian Alm
This is the second part of a five-part series intended primarily for non-professionals in Egyptology; i.e., an introductory-level presentation, including a brief bibliography of excellent sources for further study.
Naukratis: Egyptian offerings in context
Naukratis: Egyptian offerings in context (2019)
2019 •
Aurelia Masson-Berghoff (Masson)
The Naukratis Project brought to light the underestimated Egyptian aspect of the Naukratite material culture, helping to outline the contemporaneous existence of different systems of beliefs – and their possible interaction or separation – in the cosmopolitan city. This paper focuses especially on contexts in which Egyptian votive and/or ritual objects were consecrated or deposited. Two particularly rich contexts are considered here, the ‘cache of bronzes’ discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1885, and deposits excavated in the vicinity of the Great Temenos by Francis Llewellyn Griffith in 1885 and David Hogarth in 1903. All yielded Late Period material. Despite the many challenges that the recontextualisation of these finds presents, these contexts offer a unique insight into Egyptian religious practices and beliefs at Naukratis. A few Egyptian votives discovered within Greek sanctuaries will be briefly mentioned. These recontextualised offerings will be assessed in the light of what we know of religious practices and beliefs at the site and beyond, in order to measure to what extent Naukratis fits the (Lower) Egyptian religious picture in the Late Period.
Aus der Wunderkammer Chiddingstone Castle - Pharaonen, Buddhas, Samurai (2005)
Nicholas Reeves
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion
Gods in Ancient Egypt
2016 •
Oskar Kaelin
The ancient Egyptians were surrounded by various manifestations of their many gods. Though their gods usually lived in heaven or in the netherworlds, they were permanently represented on earth by monuments, statues, symbols, animals, and plants, as well as by social concepts. The Egyptians described their gods by various names and images, always aware that in the end their true personalities and characters remained elusive.The ancient Egyptian universe comprised heaven, earth, and netherworld, all part of creation and surrounded by eternal darkness. Though separate areas, they were permeable for the gods and the dead. The universe ran smoothly as long as there was respect and cooperation between them and the living. This formed an ideological, social, and economic cohesion.The gods were powerful but benevolent, and approachable in many ways. The divine king was the hub between the world of the gods and the human sphere. He was the main entity responsible for organizing the supply an...
Aus der Wunderkammer Chiddingstone Castle
Erica Nunn-Kinias
