Infographics – The Archaeology of Ancient Magic

Thoth

In ancient Egyptian belief, Thoth is an incredibly complex and powerful deity. Here is a brief overview of his main roles: Thoth is the primordial…

Ablanathanalba & Akrammachamarei

Modern scholarship still sticks to the use of the incorrect term “voces magicae” (magic sounds or magic words) for what ancient authors and practitioners referred…

The Archaeology of Ancient Magic - Gem - Eros - British Museum OA.9736

Ancient Magic Gem Engraved with Eros and „Voces Magicae“

The gem is engraved with a depiction of Eros riding on a lion on the front side and with an inscription on the back side.…

The Archaeology of Ancient Magic - Lamella - Protection Against Hail - Musee-Calvet E66

Apotropaic Prayer for Orchards, Vineyards, Fields …

Bronze tablet, second century, 8 × 13.4 cm, found at Avignon, France A small number of spells for protecting various kinds of prepared ground –…

The Archaeology of Ancient Magic - Ancient Dice with Egyptian Deities - UCL Culture Museum, LDUCE-UC38176

Unique Ancient Egyptian Limestone Dice With Deities

Unique limestone dice incised with the names of six major ancient Egyptian deities: Horus, Osiris, Isis, Nepthys, Hor-Duat, Hathor H: 3.3 cm, 62.99 g, Ptolemaic…

Christian Amulet with Gospels

This Amulet was made of parchment and inscribed with the titles and first words of each of the four Gospels “The Holy Gospel according to…

How Dry Myrrh, Pines, Resins and Incense Were Created

Horus cried.The water fell from his eye to the earth and grew.That is how dry myrrh came to be. Geb was sad on account of…

Bainchôôôch

In Gnostic belief, Bainchôôôch was a triple-powered deity and neither a “vox magica” nor an epithet of a higher power. Here is a quote from…

“The Book of Knowing the Creations of Re and of Felling Apep”

From the Bremner-Rhind Papyrus, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 305 – 30 B.C. “The Book of knowing the creations of Re and of felling Apep. Recite: Thus…

The Archaeology of Ancient Magic - Egyptian Decans Quote Celsus

The Egyptian Decans

“In his polemical work against Christianity, written in 178, the Greek philosopher Celsus (in Origen C.Cels. 8.58) wrote that according to the Egyptians every part…