Outside the main temple building was a lake, or at least a well, for the water needed in the rituals; in later times there might also be a birth house (mammisi) to celebrate the king’s divine birth. The whole, with service buildings, was contained by a massive mud brick wall. ...
Canopic jar, in ancient Egyptian funerary ritual, covered vessel of wood, stone, pottery, or faience in which was buried the embalmed viscera removed from a body during the process of mummification. The earliest canopic jars, which came into use during t
What was revealed was an imposing Etruscan funerary monument made up of four chambers aligned with the cardinal directions. Each of the main burial chambers was reached by its own corridor ordromos(Greek for ‘road’) which was flanked by other, small rooms, with the South and West tombs hav...
Climate change shaped ancient burial ritualsDevelopment of Chinchorro mummification practices coincided with a population boom, researchers say.doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11161ThompsonHelenNature News
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What was the burial ceremony like, and what magnificent grave goods were interred with the dead, only to be stolen by grave robbers to disappear for all time? Standing in front of the Treasury of Atreus The dromos leading to the tomb is cut into the rock of the hillside and is lined ...
After they have thrown themselves on burial mounds, the Manes bring dreams as oracular responses. On their wedding night, the women have a solemn obligation to be available for sexual intercourse with every man that comes bearing a gift. On that occasion, it is a ve...
Over time, resentment grew andproblemserupted between the Egyptians and the Persians. The priests of Khnum and Jewish mercenaries at Elephantine fought. It culminated with the destruction of a temple dedicated to Yahweh by the Egyptians. Around this time, Egypt rebelled against Persian rule. ...
Asceticism has not been a dominant theme within Judaism, but minor to significant ascetic traditions have been a part of Jewish spirituality.[53] The history of Jewish asceticism is traceable to first millennium BC era with the references of the Nazirite (or Nazorean, Nazarene, Naziruta, Nazir...
Desiccated grains of rice dating to the second half of the first millennium AD have also been reported from the Astana Cemetery in the Turpan region of Xinjiang (Chen et al.2012; Fig.2k–m). All of the grains from the Astana burial had their husks articulated and were located in the bot...