In this short video I introduce to you how ancient Egyptians believed to get rid of their enemies: With the help of “voodoo dolls”. To…
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Short Video: What is Demotic?
This video provides a short introduction to “What is Demotic?” To write more posts and make more of my research accessible for free I need…
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“Ancient Magic Signs” is a term used in modern scholarship to address a large group of signs that occur in ancient contexts of communication and…
View More Video: Ancient Magic SignsVideo: Ancient Magic Inks
In ancient magic and ritual practice special inks were used to create powerful inscriptions. These inks and their applications are preserved in ancient Egyptian and…
View More Video: Ancient Magic InksAn Ancient 20-sided Dice Inscribed with the Names of Egyptian Deities
Overview This so far unique dice was made of limestone. Instead of numbers it was inscribed with the names of 20 different Egyptian deities. These…
View More An Ancient 20-sided Dice Inscribed with the Names of Egyptian DeitiesA Worshipper Kneeling Before the Egyptian God Anubis
Date: ca. 747-525 BCE Findspot: Egypt, Karnak, Temple of Amun (Karnak Cachette) Location: The Walters Art Museum, 54.400 A bronze statuette of the anthropomorphic god…
View More A Worshipper Kneeling Before the Egyptian God AnubisVideo: Ancient Egyptian Beliefs: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts & Book of the Dead
Ancient Egyptian beliefs and mythology are preserved in the so-called funerary texts. These writings were created for the deceased to guide and protect them in…
View More Video: Ancient Egyptian Beliefs: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts & Book of the DeadAlabaster Sistrum Inscribed – An Egyptian Ritual Instrument
This sistrum is made of Egyptian alabaster and inscribed with the names of Pharaoh Teti. It is dated around 2.323-2.291 BCE. The carved handle of…
View More Alabaster Sistrum Inscribed – An Egyptian Ritual InstrumentSoknopaiou Nesos – Religious center of the god Soknopaios
Soknopaiou Nesos was the religious center of the god Soknopaios, an oracular and healing god in the shape of a crocodile with a falcon head.…
View More Soknopaiou Nesos – Religious center of the god SoknopaiosThe “Treasures of Soknopaios”
The religious centre of the ancient Egyptian deity Soknopaios was in Soknopaiou Nesos, a town in the Fayum oasis. His temple and the cult area…
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