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Ra, in the form of a falcon, hanging out in the Underworld (Duat).

#Ra #Egypt #Egyptian #ancient egypt #ancient egyptian #egyptology #Deir el medina #Waset #thebes #Luxor #archaeology #hieroglyphic #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism

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I made my Catholic mom happy by telling her that I wanted my dad to paint a pair of angels for my room.

She wasn't happy anymore when she saw the result and I have no idea why 😇

#good omens #good omens fanart #ineffable husbands

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Anubis presiding over the process of mummification

#Anubis #Deir el medina #thebes #Luxor #Waset #Egypt #ancient Egypt #ancient Egyptian #Egyptian #egyptology

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Nit, or Neith, Goddess of hunting, wisdom, and weaving.

Nit was a Goddess of many things, and of many backstories. In some myths, she gives birth to Ra (God of the sun and king of the Gods), Sobek (crocodile God), Thoth (God of Wisdom) and more.

Nit is a Goddess of war, hunting, weaving, wisdom, and a protector of the king/creator Goddess. She was one of the four protectors of the deceased, along with Isis, Serket, and Nepthys.

In many myths, she is a virgin Goddess. However, sometimes, she is said to have a husband, which is usually Set or Khnum.

The Egyptians believed that when involked, she could help the people settle arguments and disputes. In the contendings of Seth and Horus, Ra contacts her to pick one to be king. She picks Horus, but gives Seth two wives (Anath and Astarte) as a consolation prize.

She was said to be connected to bodies of water, especially rivers, ponds, and streams.

Symbols

bows and arrows

weaving utensils

shield

Nit symbol 𓋋

sycamore

spiders

spider webs

the colors gray, blue and red

sewing needles

cows

water

Offerings

Water

Arrowheads

Almonds

Depictions of spiders or cows

Weapons

Writing utensils

Milk

Frankincense and myrrh

Bread

Beer

Epithets

Mother of Mothers

Mother of Creation

Virgin

Great Goddess

Divine weaver

Warrior

Wise Woman

Devotional Acts

Learn martial arts

Weaving, sewing, or crocheting

Meditation

Self-reflection

Writing

Learn the art of weaponry or battle

Spend time by bodies of water

Write letters to her

#kemeticism #kemetic #ancient egypt

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Ceiling and imagery of the Tomb of the Vineyards, burial of Sennefer, Mayor of the Southern City, Thebes, during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.

Photos taken by me, August 2023

It’s hard to tell which way is up and down when walking through the tunnel leading from the surface into the tomb. Before entering the main chamber there is a small antechamber whose ceiling is quite low, and then a shallow arch which leads to the main room depicted in the above photographs. Both chambers contain a good deal of paintings, however the main chamber holds the most numerous and well preserved paintings, of course. Besides the ceiling, everything is encased in glass.

#sennefer #ancient egypt #egypt #thebes #archaeology

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Image of Isis in the tomb of Nebenmaat

#Deir el medina #Isis #Asa #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism #Egypt #Egyptian #ancient Egypt #ancient Egyptian #egyptology #Luxor

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Every time I watch Dune I forget about it but I'm foaming at the mouth over how Paul has a vision of himself as a powerful, respected, divine figure with millions worshipping him and he just says "Somebody help me"

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does anyone know any good kemetic content? i only know @kemetickowboy and @wanderingskemetic

i wanna see more Bastet and Sekhmet devotees. possibly Anubis too

#kemetic #ancient egypt

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The Benu bird and the Ba bird.

The Benu is a bird associated with the god Ra and the moment of creation. It's usually brownish gold in colour and looks a little like a heron.

The Ba bird is the form a person’s soul takes after death. It has the body of a bird, but the head of the person who died. This depiction probably shouldn’t be taken literally, but rather descriptively, since it encompasses the idea that soul keeps all the traits and character of the deceased person, but is free to fly beyond the body.

Paintings from the tomb of the artisan, Amennakht, at the village of Deir el Medina.

#Deir el medina #Amennakht #Benu #ba #ancient Egypt #ancient Egyptian #Egypt #Egyptian #egyptology #tomb #Luxor #thebes

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In the Woods (1860) William Trost Richards (1833 - 1905)

#forest

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Hathor in the form of a cow. She is described as the "lady of heaven," "ruler of the Two Lands" and "Eye of Ra."

#hathor

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With brother-in-law

#the untamed

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Osiris sits with his back to the Western Mountain, in Thebes (modern Luxor). A line of rock stretching from the mountain and arcing over his head and down to his feet suggests that he too is entombed and awaiting new life. The many offerings given to him all facilitate his rebirth in the next world.

This is from the tomb of Amennakht, one of the artisans who worked in the Valley of the Kings. As such, this wall painting might have had a double meaning for him. First, it represents what he has spent his whole life working on - tombs for his gods and kings that will allow them to be reborn in the next world. Here is Osiris, enthroned in just such a tomb. Second though, this can represent Amennakht himself. Via the Book of the Dead, he will, after death, be associated with Osiris and the god's story of death and rebirth.

In this image, Osiris is given incense, both by the seated figure and by the Eye of Horus that emerges from the rock behind him. Incense is the breath of the gods.

In Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead, Horus who has been injured in battle, offers his eye to his dead father. The offering returns Osiris to life. Part of this idea is depicted here in Amennakht's tomb, as we see Horus stretching out to offer his eye to Osiris, from the bottom left.

From the top left, we see another motif of rebirth as a goddess, presumably Nut, the mother of the sun, brings the sun-disc to Osiris. It is the merging of these two gods - Osiris, king of the dead, and Ra, the sun god and king of the living - that brings about the ultimate rebirth, as it is through them that the world is renewed each day.

#Osiris #Ra #Horus #thebes #Luxor

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लोकाभिरामं रणरंगधीरं राजीवनेत्रं रघुवंशनाथं कारुण्यरूपं करुणाकरं तं श्रीरामचन्द्रं शरणं प्रपद्ये

जय श्री राम🏹ᕫ🚩🙏

#hinduism #rama

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Happy little murder cat

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Miniature pyramids built over the graves of the workmen for the Valley of the Kings. More than a millennium after the Giza pyramids were built, the tomb-builders of Egypt's New Kingdom still sought to reference their form in their own graves.

Deir el Medina (the village where they lived and where these tombs were built) is not a reflection of everyday life in Egypt. There is plenty of evidence that it was more like a holy/sacred community. For one thing, the proximity of these tombs to the village itself is unusual. The Egyptians liked to separate out their spaces for living and dying. That the tomb artists removed themselves from regular society to live on the edge of the desheret (dry land) rather than on the more hospitable land at the River's edge, suggests that they were already associating themselves with death and the afterlife (unsurprising, I suppose, given that their lives were dedicated to decorating tombs).

Interesting parallels play out in Egypt's later history. Take, for example, Akhenaten and his decision to build a new city on a desert plain, dedicated to his god. Did that action mirror, on a grander scale, the building of a place like Deir el Medina and the dedication of its inhabitants to their service of the gods? A thousand years later still, monasticism in Egypt took on a very peculiar form, in which monks would remove themselves from civilization to live in walled communities, again in the desert. The extent to which these dedicated communities inspired one another over the years is up for debate, but the similarities are perplexing - elite, religious communities, dedicating themselves to a purpose, and isolating themselves from the rest of their community.

Tldr: I get tired of folks acting like Deir el Medina was a 'typical village'. It really, really wasn't.

#Deir el medina #Egypt #ancient Egypt #Egyptian #ancient Egyptian #egyptology #archaeology #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism #thebes

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A model portraying hindu goddess Kali in Austria’s world body painting festival ~

Source:Pinterest

She is breathtaking ✨

#kali ma #hinduism #hindu