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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Chronological Order of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the Dead
All of these funerary texts contain spells to protect the deceased in the afterlife. Pyramid Texts: Old Kingdom – First Intermediate Period+ Written on the…
View More Chronological Order of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the DeadInscribed 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…
View More Inscribed magical brick of AmenemopetBes-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…
View More Bes-Pantheos as Polymorphic Deity and Atum as Serpent DeityA 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…
View More A Pantheistic Bes StatuetteA Gold Amulet Against the Evil Eye
This amulet consists of a small disc made of gold. It was stamped with an eye in the centre which is attacked by eleven protectors:…
View More A Gold Amulet Against the Evil EyeThe 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…
View More The ancient Egyptian Goddess RepitErotic knucklebone dice for the search for love, sex and fertility?
This rare knucklebone made of gabbro depicts figures of the deities Baubo, Eros, and Kronos (or Ganymedes) in association with Harpocrates. It is interpreted as…
View More Erotic knucklebone dice for the search for love, sex and fertility?Video: Assessing Ritual Efficacy in the Egyptian Magical Papyri
In ancient Egyptian ritual manuals you often find comments made either by the authors themselves or by later readers. These comments could refer to a…
View More Video: Assessing Ritual Efficacy in the Egyptian Magical PapyriA miniature temple as an amulet
This is a miniature naos (temple) which was crafted as an amulet with a removeable figure of Amun-Ra. The two sides of the naos are…
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