Egyptology

@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

In Retrospection 1 , I explained why I am writing this series, and I brought up my old topic, Japanology. This time we will look at another large topic in my production here, Egyptology - and on my...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 8

In this Retrospection, we will look at some small and disparate topics: cats, dogs, Covid-19 and the mysterious Knights Templar. We start with cats, and I must admit that cats have a special place i...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Egyptomania & Horror Literature

Most of you have encountered fictional horror stories involving mummies – either in literature or on film. But it is not a modern invention; the old Egyptians themselves wrote mummy stories. The fourt...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 7

In this retrospection, I discuss different aspects of colour, especially purple, and eyes, light, vision and blindness. We'll see how these subjects connect to health, science, history, symbols and ph...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Aleisteir Crowley & Egypt: The Stele of Revealing & The Book of the Law

Aleisteir Crowley (1875-1947) was an occultist, writer, painter, mountaineer, esotericist, magician, philosopher and, in a sense, religious founder. He was a very independent thinker and his thoughts...

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@Rkking1234 · 3 years ago

The kings and queens of thousands of years ago are taking to the streets of Cairo

The rulers of thousands of years ago are coming down the streets of Egypt again. But not in blood and flesh, but in mummy. This time there will be a procession with 22 mummies on the streets of Cairo...

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@Mictorrani · 4 years ago

The Treasure Of Lake Qaroun

What do you say about one of the world's largest treasures at the bottom of a lake in Egypt? Nobody knows if this treasure exists, but the legend about it is described in both the Bible and the Qur'an...

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@Mictorrani · 4 years ago

The Dog Star & the Dog Days - Sirius & the Egyptian Calendar

Old Egyptian years were Sidereal . That is a solar year also taking into account the heliacal rising of a fixed star [the moment it becomes visible above the horizon at or just before sunrise]. The s...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Index over my Articles at Read-cash

Since I am writing about a large number of topics, it is hard for readers to find my writings on a specific subject. For that reason, I have decided to provide a tool which will be useful in applicab...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 9

About Teeth, Human & Animal, Dentistry & Dental Health, Gems & Colour. A friend of mine once said that there are three things all people are interested in, even if they don't always want to admit it...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Al-Azhar - Mosque & the Oldest University in the World

In the year 970, the fourth Fatimid Caliph, the first in Egypt, decided to build the Al-Azhar Mosque (after the conquest of Egypt in 969 and the founding of Cairo). It is dedicated to the Prophet Moha...

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@Mictorrani · 4 years ago

Anubis

Anubis is probably the Egyptian deity whose appearance is best known to the general public: a black jackal, or a man with a black jackal's head. Though biologically it has been shown that "jackals" i...

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@Mictorrani · 4 years ago

Names in the Ptolemaic Dynasty, Their Meaning & How to Write Them in Original and in English

This post is a brief explanatory supplement to my articles about Cleopatra and the Ptolemaic Dynasty. " Cleopatra -the Serpent of the Nile? " " The Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt " " The Crocodile, a...

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@Mictorrani · 4 years ago

Real Dogs in Egypt – in History and Now

This is the third and last article of my ongoing series about the Canines of Egypt, Mythical & Real. The two previous ones were " Anubis " and " Other Dog-like Deities of Egypt: Wepwawet, Khentymentiu...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 6

This time I will not discuss my own production, but rather assume the role of reader and bring some attention to other read.cash authors, or specific articles by other authors. I was inspired to this...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Byron & Shelley: Egyptomania & Shelley's Funeral

Lord Byron (1788-1824) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) lived a long time in a sort of ménage à trois , together with Shelley's wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. It ended with Shell...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Suggested Reading 16

In this series , I assume the role of a reader instead of a writer, discussing articles by other writers... things I recommend. The “Big Brothers” of this world try to usurp the concept of cryptocu...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 11

About knowledge, thinking, mind, self-image, self-knowledge & self-improvement – and some personal statistics. I often get comments and questions about my many articles here, the very number of them....

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@Mictorrani · 4 years ago

The Relationship Between Cats & Humans – Where did it Begin, and Why?

It has been said that the cat was taken to Egypt from Persia about 2000 BC, or from Nubia. However, there is evidence against that. The cat we call “ domestic cat” rather seems to have developed from...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 10

About Brain, History, Memory, Bandwidth of Consciousness, Subjective-Objective, Words, Verse, The number of the Beast, The Music of the Spheres, Number Magic, History of Music. In this Retrospection...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Pachomios, Christian Monasticism & Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Pachomios & the Origin of Christian Monasticism Christian monasticism originated in Egypt in the 320s, and its founding is attributed to Pachomios (292-346 AD) from Thebe (today's Luxor). When he die...

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@fadeamrrr · 3 years ago

10 amazing facts about the pyramids Elon Musk may not know.

Building the pyramids is a mystery that baffled the world, after most scientific attempts have so far failed to discover the way in which the ancient Egyptians built this immortal miracle, but the mat...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Al-Hakim - The Mad Caliph

Of the Fatimid caliphs in Egypt, Al-Hakim is one of the most difficult to get hold of. His behaviour was apparently unpredictable and violent and he is sometimes described as "The Mad Caliph", especia...

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@Peter-Molnar · 2 years ago

What The Revealed Remains Of The Ancient Egyptian Civilization Tell Us

One of the most notorious mysteries of the modern world remains unsolved: the rich and mysterious ancient Egypt: the state, that gave you pyramids, pharaohs, mummies, and Egyptology. Scholars still ar...

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