animal cults in ancient egypt
Theancient Egyptian animal cult is probably one of the most peculiar religioustrends known from...
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ancient egyptian festivals
Ancient Egypt’s Inundation season(called Akhet in the ancient Egyptianlanguage) took area over a...
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the mysteries of osiris
The Mysteries of Osiris was the mostimportant devout event of the year in ancient Egypt. It was...
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curator s favourite object
The BP exhibition Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds features incredible sculpturesexcavated from...
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hadrian, antinous and egypt
The Roman emperor Hadrian (r. AD 117–138) championedEgyptian and Greek culture. He visited Egypt...
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a magical stela
Thisso-called ‘magical stela of Horus’ (a stela is a large tablet,usually made ofstone) depicts...
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greek kings, egyptian pharaohs
The general Ptolemyfounded the Greco-Macedonian Ptolemaic dynastythat ruled Egypt for nearly 300...
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colossal head of serapis
Thishead depicting the Greco-Egyptian god Serapis is from a colossal statue thatstood over 4 metres...
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cypriot female sphinx
This Cypriot incenseburner was discovered in the lost ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion....
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bust of neilos
This2000-year-old bust depicts Neilos,the Nile river god. Neilos appealed toEgyptians and Greeks...
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