The ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet is depicted with a lion head and the sun disc on top of her head. She is flanked by two…
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Gold pendant amulet of the Egyptian goddess Maat
The goddess is seated on a pedestal with the ostrich feather symbol on her head. The ancient Egyptian term Maat reflects a complex concept that…
View More Gold pendant amulet of the Egyptian goddess Maat12 Ushabties of the Priestess Henutmehyt
Twelve painted wooden shabtis of Henutmehyt were placed in a box and deposited in her tomb in Thebes. The largest shabty measures 22.13 cm and…
View More 12 Ushabties of the Priestess HenutmehytSet of Magical Bricks from the Tomb of the Priestess Henutmehyt
The four magic bricks guarded the four directions.The shabty guarded North, the djed amulet West, a reed torch South, and a figure of Anubis East.…
View More Set of Magical Bricks from the Tomb of the Priestess HenutmehytBook of the Dead – Hall of Judgment
From the papyrus of Ani Centrally placed is a balance, holding in its two pans Ani’s heart on the left and a feather on the…
View More Book of the Dead – Hall of JudgmentEphesia Grammata
According to Pausanias, a sequence of mystic letters which was inscribed on the famous statue of Artemis of Ephesos was used in rituals for protection.…
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The ancient book “About the Mystery of the Letters” is a little-known ancient Christian mystery about the relations between the letters of the Greek alphabet,…
View More Video: The ancient book “About the Mystery of the Letters”Video: Ancient Egyptian Execration Rites, or: Early Voodoo Dolls
Have you ever heard of ancient Egyptian execration rituals? Most people haven’t. But many have heard of „voodoo dolls“. In ancient Egypt, as early as…
View More Video: Ancient Egyptian Execration Rites, or: Early Voodoo Dolls“Fill in name here” – The placeholder for individual names in the Greek magical papyri
In the Greek and Egyptian ritual manuals it was common practice to use a placeholder for the individual names of the target and the beneficiary…
View More “Fill in name here” – The placeholder for individual names in the Greek magical papyri