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1. Olympic Torch Ceremony Spells Trouble Amid Coronavirus Fears

   ... Reporter . During their rites, they beseeched the ancient solar deity Apollo to start a flame. A parabolic mirror, directed ...

   Ed Whelan - 12/03/2020 - 22:55

2. Eight More Statues of the Ancient Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet Found in Luxor

   ... Antiquities Ministry ) In ancient Egypt, Sekhmet was a solar deity and a warrior goddess who was very popular, especially ...

   Natalia Klimczak - 16/03/2016 - 23:48

3. Enigmatic Phaistos Disc may be Ancient Hymn to Astarte, Goddess of Love

   ... Phoenician figure representing an ancient Mideastern deity, probably the goddess Astarte. 7 th Century BC. (uis ... mythical labyrinth, initiation rites for young women, or a solar calendar. This new interpretation, with a connection to ...

   lizleafloor - 17/12/2015 - 17:53

4. King Sahure and His Beautiful Pyramid: A Rare Peaceful Pharaoh?

   ... be a reflection of the emphasis placed by Userkaf of this solar deity. The identity of Sahure’s mother, on the other hand, ...

   dhwty - 19/08/2021 - 19:06

5. Was Tutankhamun’s Coronation Delayed? Making sense of the Ascendance of Pharaoh Aye

   ... choosing the site and his unmistakable devotion for the solar deity, the Aten, but also—and intriguingly—made a veiled ...

   anand balaji - 14/07/2017 - 15:36

6. Archaeologists uncover 3,200-year-old tomb of chief beer-maker in Egypt

   ... Egyptian mother goddess who was considered a primal deity, associated with the waters from which everything was ... with geometrical paintings in vivid colours, while a ‘solar boat’ is depicted at its core. One piece of artwork ...

   aprilholloway - 05/01/2014 - 04:20

7. The Comet that Changed Civilization – And May Do Again

   ... civilizations across the globe all began to worship a new deity depicted as a winged disk hanging in the sky. Examples ... by no inscriptions specifically associating it with a solar deity. The Egyptian Aten symbol that may originally ... well over five miles wide, is due to return to the inner solar system in 2024, but exactly how close it will come to ...

   Graham Phillips - 05/10/2016 - 21:39

8. Mexico’s 600-Year-Old Dance of the Flying Men (Video)

   ... and spin, their motions are a sacred entreaty to the sun deity , invoking blessings and the life-giving rains that ... American Gods: Rituals & Sacrifices to the All-Powerful Solar Gods Top image: Mexico’s Papantla flying men. ...

   Robbie Mitchell - 26/08/2023 - 21:05

9. Egyptian Obelisks Unplugged: The Lost Chord Divine

   ... IV during the New Kingdom Dynasty when it was honored as a solar deity.  According to the Old Kingdom  Pyramid Texts  its ...

   dbcarroll526 - 06/02/2023 - 17:03

10. Iraqi Transport Minister Announces that Sumerians Launched Spaceships 7,000 Years Ago

    ... was associated with their main god, Marduk, patron deity of the city of Babylon. Illustration of ancient ... clay of Achaemenid cylinder seal, 5th. cent. BCE. A winged solar disc legitimises the Persian king who subdues two ...

    aprilholloway - 04/10/2016 - 17:56

11. The Faravahar: The Ancient Zoroastrian Symbol of Iran

    ... figure associated with it. The symbol is meant to be a solar disc, and a representation of  Horus , the ... the royal diadem from  Ahura Mazda , the supreme deity of Zoroastrianism. These exceptions aside, the ... This interpretation has also been discredited, since this deity, in Zoroastrianism, is abstract and transcendent, and ...

    dhwty - 11/01/2021 - 13:55

12. Kom Ombo: An Egyptian Temple Dedicated to Two Rival Gods

    ... his role as an Osirian healer and his crown is a solar crown associated with one of the many forms of Ra. ... (which are linked), and an inner sanctuary for the deity. It may be assumed there were two groups of priests, ...

    dhwty - 02/12/2018 - 22:55

13. The Colorful Folklore Behind the Flaming Mountains of Turpan

    ... of Turpan Basin May be Bronze Age Sacrificial Sites to Solar Deity The Fascinating Life of a Chinese Eunuch in the ...

    dhwty - 28/07/2018 - 01:17

14. The Astana Cemetery and Perfectly Preserved Textiles of Gaochang

    ... of Turpan Basin May be Bronze Age Sacrificial Sites to Solar Deity These funerary tablets were not the only grave goods ...

    dhwty - 08/02/2022 - 01:00

15. Tutankhamun and the Age of Appropriation: Priceless Secrets and Palimpsests Hidden in Plain Sight–Part I

    ... 8 or a little later. The promotion of the Aten as the sole deity did not arise out of a sudden epiphany, but, it was a ... him and his wife, Nefertiti, as intermediaries between the solar disc and the populace, Akhenaten hoped that the ...

    anand balaji - 24/05/2017 - 15:32

16. Instruments of Mass Destruction: Do Tutankhamun’s Trumpets Really Summon War?

    ... to be the incarnation. Claiming to be the incarnation of a deity was not a particularly extravagant claim for a pharaoh, ... Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses blessed by the Aten (solar disc). ( CC BY 2.0 ) These reforms destabilized Egypt ...

    Caleb Strom - 16/03/2017 - 17:58

17. The Cataclysm of Ra: Saving Humankind from Hathor Using Beer

    ... their blood. A statue of the bloodthirsty Egyptian deity Sekhmet, a.k.a. Hathor, in the Egyptian Museum of ... Ra is often depicted as sailing through the sky on a “solar boat.” For ancient humans, who had never encountered ...

    johnblack - 14/05/2022 - 22:56

18. Shab-e-Yalda - an ancient winter solstice celebration that commemorates the triumph of Mithra

    ... Britain, and Germany.  The Indian Mitra was essentially a solar deity, representing the "friendly" aspect of the sun. So too ...

    aprilholloway - 21/12/2013 - 23:15

19. The Boy King Behind the Mask: Tutankhamun’s Life and Legacy

    ... and adopted a monotheistic religion, worshipping the solar deity Aten. He attempted to change the culture of Egypt and ...

    Sarah P Young - 17/07/2019 - 01:51

20. Banduddu: Solving the Mystery of the Babylonian Container

    ... in said receptacle. Sometimes the figure of the supreme deity Ahura Mazda is depicted inside a winged disc above the ... of Knowledge and points directly at Ahura Mazda inside his solar disc. Obviously the king has partaken of the tree ...

    Freddy Silva - 25/07/2016 - 16:51

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