Overview Title: The Book of the Dead or Going Forth by Day: Ideas of the Ancient Egyptians Concerning the Hereafter as Expressed in Their Own…
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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 DeadScrolling through Imhotep’s Book of the Dead
Overview Phantastic web article describing sections of the ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” belonging to the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes). The papyrus is…
View More Scrolling through Imhotep’s Book of the DeadOnline database “Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom” (PNM)
Overview The online database “Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom” (PNM) contains Egyptian Middle Kingdom personal names, people, written sources, titles, and dossiers of…
View More Online database “Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom” (PNM)Inscribed 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 AmenemopetOnline Lecture: Scribes, Stars, and Demons in Ancient Judaism and the Hellenistic Near East
Overview Lecturers: Annette Yoshiko Reed (NYU), Catherine Bonesho (UCLA) Publication Date: 11.03.2021 Published on: YouTube Video, Lecture Available for Free Link to video: https://youtu.be/WsuVEVS0jwk Abstract…
View More Online Lecture: Scribes, Stars, and Demons in Ancient Judaism and the Hellenistic Near EastBes-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 DeityCoptic Charm against Poisonous Snakes with Satôr Square and Alpha-Leôn Square
This applied Coptic charm against poisonous snakes includes a Satôr square as well as an Alpha-Leôn square. This combination of the Sator square and the…
View More Coptic Charm against Poisonous Snakes with Satôr Square and Alpha-Leôn SquareHow to Express “Very Good” in the Egyptian-Demotic Magical Papyri
Learning the languages of the ancient magical papyri In the Egyptian-Demotic magical papyri, to express that a ritual is “very” good, you write “good” and…
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In this ancient Egyptian spell against poison we learn that the Egyptian god of fate, who is called Schay, has a daughter named Sarbytha. The…
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