Isis Nursing Horus 1. Introduction As I entered the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum‚ I began viewing the artworks‚ and it was there that I noticed a beautiful sculpture. Right away it captured my attention. It was a statute of Isis sitting with Horus on her lap. It was called Isis Nursing Horus. First‚ I liked the subject matter. It was very feminine‚ but also showed what a strong woman Isis was. There were other sculptures that I saw while viewing which were much more detailed and painted. But this
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HATSHEPSUT NOTES Family background: Thutmose I and his great wife Ahmose were the parents of Hatshepsut. T2 was the son of a lesser wife and T1. His right to throne was signified by marriage to Hat. They produced a daughter‚ Neferure‚ but no son. T2 had a son‚ T3‚ with Isis‚ a lesser wife. T2 was sick and weakly‚ indecisive‚ not competent enough to rule on his own. Hat got training on how to run the country‚ as she took on many of her husband’s responsibilities. She had grounding on becoming
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List of modern channelled texts From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2011) Part of a series on Spiritualism Spirit Spiritualism Spiritualist beliefs Spiritism Practices Mediumship Faith healing Psychometry Automatic writing Related topics Afterlife Spirit world Spirit guide Shamanism Animism Psychic
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The idea of a female pharaoh was unheard of in ancient Egyptian society. However‚ Hatshepsut was the first female to become the Fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She was not only accepted by the elite in this male dominated role but also supported by the loyal officials in position in government. Hatshepsut achieved many goals difficult goals as a female pharaoh. Her achievements included establishing successful foreign policy through trade‚ funding building programs throughout
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ART HISTORY LECTURE NOTES 1 AH1.1 (I) Early Civilizations: PRE-HISTORICAL ART -art before historical documentation 3 periods of Pre-Historical art (The Stone Ages/Megalithic) -Paleolithic (32000-15000BC) -Mesolithic (15000-8000BC) -Neolithic (8000-1500BC) Forms of art -cave wall painting -chattel art -mobilary: figurings Characteristics -crude and unrefined -organic and of earth pigments Contents -bisons‚ horses -hunting‚ tribal wars -funeral scenes Important sites
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Ancient Egyptian Architecture The Nile valley has been the site of one of the most influential civilizations which developed a vast array of diverse structures encompassing ancient Egyptian architecture. The architectural monuments‚ which include the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza‚ are among the largest and most famous. In Ancient Egypt and other early societies‚ people believed in the omnipotence of Gods‚ with many aspects of daily life were carried out with respect to the
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translations/meanings: “Queen of the Throne”‚ “Knowledge” “(female) of flesh” Queen of the Gods. She was one of four of the protector goddesses along with Bast‚ Nephthys (her sister who tricked Osiris and got pregnant‚ Isis adopted the child) and Hathor. It is said that she was a very powerful sorceress that controlled the weather with her hair. Myths say that she took all the poison from many scorpions and put it in one and set it on a path to bite Ra. Some say Isis took action in order to compel
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Egyptian Jewelry and Makeup Everyday in the Egyptian way of life‚ both men and women would adorn themselves with beautiful jewelry and makeup. Wearing these pieces of jewelry and makeup was part of their everyday life. Everyone‚ man or woman‚ Egypt wore more type of jewelry. What kind of jewelry they wore was usually dependent on how wealthy they were. The rich wore fine jewelry made from gold‚ silver‚ or electrum inlaid with precious stones. The less wealthy wore jewelry that was made
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The fifteenth dynasty (second intermediary period) of the Hyksos Period in ancient Egypt is distinct in that it was ruled by people of non-Egyptian origin. The term “Hyksos” is a Greek term that is derived from the Egyptian word for Asiatics‚ “Heqa-khasut” that means “ruler of foreign/hill countries.” These Asiatic people were possibly Syrian/Palestinian in origin. There are records of the Hyksos invading Egypt and gaining control over the Delta region‚ however there is no record of it being a violent
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Egypt. The god’s were said to have blood that is gold in color‚ and they were bigger than regular mortals. There was Set‚ the god of the darkness. Osiris‚ the god of the light. Horus‚ the god of the sky. Ra‚ the sun god. Thoth‚ the god of wisdom. Hathor‚ goddess of love‚ and Anubis‚ the god of the underworld. It begins when Horus is just about to be pronounced as the next king of Egypt. Egypt has been led by Osiris. He is a kind and just king‚ and he is the brother of Set. Their father is Ra‚ the
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