Rediscovering Ancient Egypt: consideration of the legacy, ethics and aesthetics of previously restored Egyptian artefactsEgyptologyhistory of conservationethics, interventionNational Museums Scotland's (NMS) new permanent Ancient Egypt gallery project at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh gave an ...
She was the epitome of beauty and desire and was worshipped throughout the Greek world, and even influenced her Roman counterpart, Venus. Some believe Aphrodite might have evolved herself from the Mesopotamian goddess of love, Ishtar. She was also associated with the Egyptian goddess, Isis. In ...
Egyptian perspectives: Memphites on the goddess Isis and the origins of civilization among Egyptians (first century BCE on) Egyptian perspectives: Oracles of the Lamb and the Potter on Greco-Macedonians and other foreigners (third-second centuries BCE) Getians...
Ancient Egyptian religion - Polytheism, Rituals, Gods: The only extensive contemporaneous descriptions of ancient Egyptian culture from the outside were made by Classical Greek and Roman writers. Their works include many important observations about Egyp
Babylonians a more exact foundation and by using it for the solution of practical problems—such as the determination of the distance of a ship as seen from the shore or of the height of the Egyptian pyramids. Although he was also credited with predicting an eclipse of the Sun, it is ...