Thought you people might enjoy this. Thought you people might enjoy this. There are 2 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1a. Re: Oldest maritime...
Dear Daniel, Yes, he was the earliest monotheist. I recommend 'Akhenaten and the Religion of Light' by Eric Hornung to learn more about him. Joan ... think...
I don't think he was a monotheist, but I am definitely in the minority. First I don't believe that the Egyptian religion was theistic as we think of the term ...
Great concept. Very interesting. Also, extremely plausible now that I think on it. I'll have to review everything, but you might have something here. A...
Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt, provides some useful insights into magic in ancient Egypt. He starts of quoting Adolf Erman: "Magic is a...
Greetings, all! I have that Hornung book you quote from. I must read it some time! To answer your question, "How prevalent was magic in ancient Egypt?", I...
I don't think Akhenaten was ever monotheistic as such -- he never denied the existence or worship of other gods. James Allen describes it as henotheism -- the...
During the collapse of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period there is a so-called 'democratization of eternal life.' Derek Hitchins indicates the...
Any statement of democratisation/demotisation of eternal life usually refers to the First Intermediate Period, and specifically the funerary beliefs evident...
Has anyone here been to the Wadi Natrun? I am going on Monday, the day after tomorrow. I want to see where the natron deposits are. I've never been there...
No, but the old coptic monasteries over there seem to be a famous tourist attraction http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/wadinaturn.htm The monasteries in...
I have seen a couple satements to the effect that Pepi II divided the role of vizier into Upper & Lower egions. Does anyone have suggestions on citations for...
Well I got some imformation that there were some lakes caked with natron deposits and teaming with birds of all sorts, as well as the last wild papyrus, 30 km...
Some may have heard that a spell from the Egyptian Coffin texts has been deciphered as containing a transliteration of West Semitic words into Hieroglyphs,...
Alan Winston about the Pyramids at Abusir: The Pyramid of Neferefre (Raneferer) at Abusir http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/neferefrep.htm The Pyramid of...
Towers point to ancient Sun cult http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6408231.stm Peruvian Citadel Is Site Of Earliest Ancient Solar Observatory In The...
Inside 300 http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/inside-300.htm 300: Official Site http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/ TIME magazine article: The Art of War ...
EGYPTIANS FIND TOMB OF ANCIENT GOD OSIRIS GIZA, Egypt, Feb 16, 2000 (Reuters) - Sinking water levels have revealed a granite sarcophagus of the ancient...
March 12, 2007 Princess of the Sun - World Premiere Under the auspices of Mr. Farouk Hosni, Minister of culture, and the attendance of Philippe Coste, the...
I thought it was very good. Jessica Liz <paris221966@...> wrote: hello everyone, I'm going to see this movie tonight & will let you know how it was. ...
don't do it!!!!!!!!see the original with richard egan as leonidas!!the man who plays xerxses is superlatives as the persian leader also the king of king and...
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