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…
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Inscribed magical brick of Amenemopet
Inscribed magical brick of Amenemopet New Kingdom, Egypt The brick was inscribed with a protective curse in seven lines of Hieratic when the clay was…
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Bes-Pantheos as Polymorphic Deity and Atum as Serpent Deity
This ancient Egyptian magical papyrus contains spells against snakes and scorpions for the protection of women and children at night. Seen here are Bes-Pantheos as…
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Fate has a Daughter
In this ancient Egyptian spell against poison we learn that the Egyptian god of fate, who is called Schay, has a daughter named Sarbytha. The…
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The So-called Pantheos – On Polymorphic Deities In Late Egyptian Religion
Overview Author: Joachim Friedrich Quack Publication Date: 2006 Published in: Györi, H. (Hrsg.): Aegyptus et Pannonia III. Acta Symposii Anno 2004. Budapest 2006, S. 175-190…
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The Crocodile God Sobek
The crocodile was particularly feared because not only did it kill, it ate the body of its victim without which there could be no afterlife.…
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A Pantheistic Bes Statuette
This bronze statuette shows a composite deity who has the attributes of various different gods: the face of the god Bes, the twin plumes and…
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The ancient Egyptian Goddess Repit
Relief of the ancient Egyptian goddess Repit. Repit (also Repyt) is commonly depicted as a lion-headed goddess with the sun-disc on her head guarded by…
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Protective amulet for the practice – Prayer to Selene for any spell
“Take a loadstone engraved with a three-faced Hekate, with her middle face being that of a horned virgin, the left one that of a dog…
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An 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…
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