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| Author | : Saviour Pirotta |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022-01-26 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781848868144 |
Renni and Mahu are brothers, but they are complete opposites. When Mahu hatches a plot to rob the tomb of a long-dead general in the Valley of the Kings, Renni is swept into the crime to help his family. But taking the general's heart scarab sets a much greater chain of events into motion, which are governed by dark and mysterious powers. Will the brothers and their friend Balaal manage to return it before Anubis, the god of death, comes to collect their souls? Or will they, and the general, be cast into the Great Darkness forever?
| Author | : Carol Andrews |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
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Amulets were first made in Egypt as early as 4000 BC and became essential adornments for both the living and the dead. They were believed to endow the wearer, by magical means, with the properties they represent. An amuletic foot, for example, could be worn to ensure fleetness of foot; while the scarab beetle represented the new-born sun, and was the symbol of new life. Amulets in the image of powerful gods would be worn for protection; and malevolent creatures - like the male hippopotamus - would be worn to ward off the evil they represented.
| Author | : Richard Wilkinson |
| Publisher | : Shire Publications |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008-11-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780747806738 |
The scarab is the single most abundant artifact to have survived from ancient Egypt and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, were made throughout the course of Egyptian history. Today, scarabs continue to be found on excavations throughout Egypt and thousands reside in museum collections around the world. This volume examines these ubiquitous and important artifacts by first considering the unique biology and behavior of the scarab beetle and its incorporation into Egyptian symbolism, religion and art. The development of the scarab amulet is then considered, and the many types of scarab produced by the Egyptians are surveyed. Two particularly important classes of scarab - the heart scarab and the commemorative scarab - are examined in detail. Finally, the export of Egyptian scarabs and their imitation by the nations around Egypt is examined as a tangible mark of the extent of Egypt's influence in the ancient world and of the importance of the scarab itself.
| Author | : Fiona Ingram |
| Publisher | : Bublish, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 2016-08-25 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0997676183 |
The Secret of the Sacred Scarab (The Chronicles of the Stone, Book One)
| Author | : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
| Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Architecture, Egyptian |
| ISBN | : 1588391736 |
A fascinating look at the artistically productive reign of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh in ancient Egypt
| Author | : John H. Taylor |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Book of the dead |
| ISBN | : 9780674057500 |
With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.
| Author | : Foy Scalf |
| Publisher | : Oriental Institute Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Book of the dead |
| ISBN | : 9781614910381 |
Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.
| Author | : Andrew Bates |
| Publisher | : Crossroad Press |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2024-08-21 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The Ghost Storm Rages Drawn into a struggle against the forces of darkness, Thea Ghandour encounters and enigmatic figure who shares her same immodest goal: the ultimate destruction of evil. Maxwell Carpenter has tracked an entity of incredible power to an obscure temple in the heart of Chicago. Only with the aid of Thea and her fellow hunters can Carpenter hope to stand against its dark might. An Ancient Force Awakens But Thea learns that Carpenter has not yet revealed everything—not about his actual goals, nor about the mysterious entity's true nature. Only by entering the formidable Temple of Akhenaton can Thea hope to discover the truth—and uncover a revelation that may change the world. Heralds of the Storm is the first novel in the Year of the Scarab trilogy. This three-volume epic reveals the rise of an ancient power that threatens to forever alter the World of Darkness… the immortal beings known as Mummies.
| Author | : Emily Teeter |
| Publisher | : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Egyptologists will welcome the publication of this catalog (it's oversize, at 9.25x12") of the scarabs and related objects excavated at Medinet Habu by the U. of Chicago's Oriental Institute from 1926-1931. Based on the notes of the excavation's field director and his assistant, the volume presents a catalog of 349 scarabs, scaraboids, seals, and seal impressions. The entry for each piece includes its registration and field number, date, description, provenience if known, decoration, brief commentary, and drawings and b&w plate of the obverse, reverse, and profile views. Teeter, a curator at the Institute, has written an introduction that describes the excavation and its documentation. A chapter on stamp seals and seal impressions from the post-Pharaonic period is included by T.G. Wilfong (Egyptology, U. of Michigan). Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
| Author | : Geraldine Pinch |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2010-03-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780292722620 |
The Egyptians were famous in the ancient world for their knowledge of magic. Religion, medicine, technology, and what we would call magic coexisted without apparent conflict, and it was not unusual for magical and "practical" remedies for illness, for example, to be used side-by-side. Everyone resorted to magic, from the pharaoh guarding his country with elaborate magical rituals to the expectant mother wearing amulets to safeguard her unborn child. Magic in Ancient Egypt examines the fascinating connections between myth and magic, and the deities such as Bes and Isis who had special magical importance. Geraldine Pinch discusses the techniques for magic, its practitioners, and the surviving magical texts, as well as the objects that were used in magic—figurines, statues, amulets, and wands. She devotes a chapter to medicine and magic, and one to magic and the dead. Finally, she shows how elements and influences from Egyptian magic survived in or were taken up by later societies, right up to the twenty-first century.
