Ancient Egyptian religion used many animals as symbols and representations in their deities. Animals also play a sacrificial role, and the cat is arguably one of the most important animals in Egyptian religion. While cats themselves were not worshipped, cats were seen as symbolic of various gods...
Philosophy & ReligionAncient Religions & Mythology ApopisApopis, relief from the temple of Horus, Idfū, Egypt. Egyptian god Print Also known as: Apep, Apepi, Apophis, Rerek Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica ...
The Greyhound gets along with other dogs but may not do well with cats and other small pets unless raised with them. It makes a gentle companion for people of all ages. The Greyhound is not a particularly good watchdog and is a very poor protection dog. It should be noted that these ...
is a very hard cement. A gray metal is also found in this cavern, which puzzles the scientists, for its identity has not been established. It resembles platinum. Strewn promiscuously over the floor everywhere are what people call "cats eyes', a yellow stone of no great value. Each one ...
every religion in the world.” Over the last two thousand years, this judge’s views have been supported time and time again. From cults of virginity to the stoning of adulterers, the religions of the modern world have made sex a virtue mainly by the act of omission. But were ancient ...
You claim we are decended from animals or other life forms, that evolution proves it, surely you can find links within human language and existing cultures to prove one language, one myth, even one religion, is descended from another. The ages of semitic cultures, chinese cultures... c'...
Presumably, everyone reading this book is a Homo sapiens – the species sapiens (wise) of the genus Homo (man). Genera in their turn are grouped into families, such as the cats (lions, cheetahs, house cats), the dogs (wolves, foxes, jackals) and the elephants (elephants, mammoths, ...
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Beran could almost feel the boy frowning in the dark from two feet away. ‘We could set a snare like my father’s hunters do. They catch hares and polecats and pine martens that way.’ ‘Not any more they don’t,’ Beran said. ‘Look, boy, if we stop to set traps, we’re mor...
Aerial photo of the Roman Agora of Athens with the gate of Athena Archegetis in the foreground When one thinks of the great cities of the ancient world the first that most often comes to mind is Athens. It is a beacon of light, learning, and invention in the far-distant past that cont...