Tuesday Apr 28, 2009

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Those crazy egyptians...

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/21/carvings-pharaohs.html
mneylu:
How crazy? tongue

Hyksos= Hekau Hasut In Egyptian - Rulers of the Hill Countries. That's a pretty awesome thing to see a later ruler standing in from of Seth but there is another instance of that from the Archaic Period smile

Have you ever read Jan Assmans' The Mind of Egypt? It's really good and has an awesome take on the Horus- Seth thing. smile http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Egypt-History-Meaning-Pharaohs/dp/0674012119/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240928755&sr=8-1

There's my Egyptiany contribution for the day lol.

xox
sustainarchy:
Oh thanks! Awesome insight. I love finding more links. I am learning to read egyptian right now. Really cool to see the evolution of written language and the influence it had on foreign "invaders".

Are you familiar with the Moses-Akhenaten connection? The rise of patriarchy and the worship of a male sun god?

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