Tag: egyptology
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Ba And Ka: The Human Soul in Ancient Egypt
from kingtutone.com: In Ancient Egypt, they believed that the human spirit was made up of five parts: The Ib, Sheut, Ren, Ba, and Ka. Although all five were of importance, the Ba and Ka are of major significance. The Ba is the most similar to the western idea of the soul, and the Ka is…
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The Dakhamunzu Affair
from Echoes from the Gnosis: During the decline of the Amarna period an extraordinary series of events was to take place; one of the most enigmatic of these has become known to Egyptologists as the “Dakhamunzu Affair”, or the “Zannanza Affair”. During the second half of the fourteenth century BC, relations between Egypt and the other kingdoms in…
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Under the Desert: The Megalithic Osirion of Egypt
from BrienFoerster: “What you are looking at is the horizon, and what’s incredible is this: which is under the horizon. This is the Osirion, whereas the temple of Osiris is made out of limestone, which is recently soft material, this is made out of granite – red granite from Azwan(?) .. So it had to…