“The Hook,” as this classic urban legend often is called, was told--and perhaps, with subtle contemporary changes, still is--not as a fable or horror story but as something that “really happened” to that dependable and ubiquitous sib of The Man in the Street, “a friend of a frien...
Given the ancient West Semitic identification of word and action, the mere utterance of a curse was considered sufficient to empower its fulfillment. Although an imprecation by a common person might be equally efficacious (Judges 17:2); that of a King (2 Samuel 3:29; 1 Samuel 22:11; Jerem...
Curses in Ancient Egypt There is a broad popular belief in curses being associated with the violation of the tombs of mummified corpses, or of the mummies themselves. The idea became so widespread as to become a pop-culture mainstay, especially in horror films (though originally the curse was...
Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks Esther Eidinow sets the published question tablets from the oracle at Dodona side by side with the binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, and explores what they can tell us about perceptions of and expressions of risk... ...
never sure of your life.67In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.68TheLordwill send you back in ships to Egypt on a journe...
the way our popular culture has managed to associate Egypt almost entirely with curses, fanaticism, evil and the theft of white womenfolk, given the nature of actual European relations with that country. Egypt, after all, has never invaded Britain. Britain, however, has invaded Egypt. A lot....
Irene SalvoExperiencing curses: neurobehavioraltraits of ritual and spatiality in the RomanEmpireAbstract:Love, wish for revenge, fear, hope: ancient cursing rituals managed toembrace a vast spectrum of emotions. They were prompted by emotional experi-ences, they manipulated feelings, and their ...
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Yet when the fixer encouraged me to reach into a bucket full of shabtis, or mummy-shaped figurines that, in ancient Egyptian lore, serve the spirits of the dead, I did. I slipped one into my pocket. I knew better than to steal, but in that moment, the prospect of having a 3,000...
Sunday night is going to be filled with mummies, snakes and ancient curses -- all from the couch! Discovery Channelis in Egypt preparing for its two-hour live event,Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live, during which viewers will get to witness an incredible archeological moment ...