As any Jewish child learns, his faith, like others, is filled with symbols, traditions, rituals, rites, and words that only time and practice will make familiar. In Judaism, a different language, ...
The strange and powerful symbol at the heart of one of history’s greatest temples reveals the importance of the goddess ...
Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...
These two ancient Egyptian zodiac signs were uncovered in the Temple of Esna, Egypt. On the left is a Sagittarius, and on the right is a Scorpio.Ahmed Emam, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Ancient ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition on ancient Egypt features nearly 100 pieces from international institutions ...
Twins in ancient Greece and Rome were seen as divine signs or dangerous omens, revealing deep cultural fears about birth, ...
Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a rare bronze bust of the Egyptian goddess Isis at Satala, revealing diverse practices in ...
One of the oldest and rarest pieces of Christian writing, a third-century mosaic declaring Jesus as a deity is to go on display to the public for the first time. Authorities in Israel have announced ...
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