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This painted limestone relief originally depicted Kiya, but was later recarved to portray Meritaten; design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: Merja Attia, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen); Deriv. — 30 Mar 2018

Quest for the Greatly Beloved Kiya: Eternal ‘Goodly Child of the Living Aten’—Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Not only does Akhenaten, the man and ruler, pose a conundrum to Egyptologists; but his entire family is shrouded in mystery too. Prime among them is Kiya, his obscure wife, who seems to have exercised considerable influence in the Amarna court; and...
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This painted limestone relief originally depicted Kiya, but was later recarved to portray Meritaten; design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: Merja Attia, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen); Deriv. — 30 Mar 2018

Quest for the Greatly Beloved Kiya: Eternal ‘Goodly Child of the Living Aten’—Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Not only does Akhenaten, the man and ruler, pose a conundrum to Egyptologists; but his entire family is shrouded in mystery too. Prime among them is Kiya, his obscure wife, who seems to have exercised considerable influence in the Amarna court; and...
Read More

One of the four elegant canopic jar stoppers made of Egyptian alabaster that was discovered in a niche in Tomb 55; design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: Dave Rudin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York); Deriv. — 26 Mar 2018

Quest for the Greatly Beloved Kiya: Her Mysterious Origins and Role in Court—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Kiya, a secondary wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten is one of the most shadowy royals of the Amarna Period. Virtually nothing is known about her origin or the reasons for her disappearance. All that is evident from extant records is that she was held in...
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One of the four elegant canopic jar stoppers made of Egyptian alabaster that was discovered in a niche in Tomb 55; design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: Dave Rudin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York); Deriv. — 26 Mar 2018

Quest for the Greatly Beloved Kiya: Her Mysterious Origins and Role in Court—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

0

Kiya, a secondary wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten is one of the most shadowy royals of the Amarna Period. Virtually nothing is known about her origin or the reasons for her disappearance. All that is evident from extant records is that she was held in...
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Indus Valley Diorama by Biswarup Ganguly — 23 Mar 2018

Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization: The Spirit of Saraswathi

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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In the Rigveda, the ancient Indian Vedic Sanskrit canonical sacred texts, a hymn is dedicated to each deity and the goddess Saraswathi is revered as a female deity with healing and the purifying powers of abundant, flowing waters. Saraswathi is...
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Indus Valley Diorama by Biswarup Ganguly — 23 Mar 2018

Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization: The Spirit of Saraswathi

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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In the Rigveda, the ancient Indian Vedic Sanskrit canonical sacred texts, a hymn is dedicated to each deity and the goddess Saraswathi is revered as a female deity with healing and the purifying powers of abundant, flowing waters. Saraswathi is...
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Buffalo Hunt: A Numerous Group by George Catlin 1844. — 16 Mar 2018

The Social Impact of the Bow and Arrow on Prehistoric America

By Jason Jarrell

Archaeology & Science, Politics & Social Structure

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A new technology in weaponry, the introduction of the bow and arrow, might have led to the collapse of the prehistoric, American Hopewellian Culture somewhere between 450 to 500 AD. A socio-spiritual tripartite existed between the Scotio Hopewell...
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Buffalo Hunt: A Numerous Group by George Catlin 1844. — 16 Mar 2018

The Social Impact of the Bow and Arrow on Prehistoric America

By Jason Jarrell

Archaeology & Science, Politics & Social Structure

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A new technology in weaponry, the introduction of the bow and arrow, might have led to the collapse of the prehistoric, American Hopewellian Culture somewhere between 450 to 500 AD. A socio-spiritual tripartite existed between the Scotio Hopewell...
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An overall view of the central Valley of the Kings. Photo: Richard Dick Sellicks — 12 Mar 2018

Pharaohs and Flash Floods: Was Tutankhamun’s Tomb Saved by an Act of Nature?

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The death of Pharaoh Akhenaten in Regnal Year 17 was a powerful body-blow to the promotion of his fledgling religion, Atenism. Evacuated from their original communal crypt at Amarna, the royal dead were ferried down river to be buried in the...
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An overall view of the central Valley of the Kings. Photo: Richard Dick Sellicks — 12 Mar 2018

Pharaohs and Flash Floods: Was Tutankhamun’s Tomb Saved by an Act of Nature?

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

0

The death of Pharaoh Akhenaten in Regnal Year 17 was a powerful body-blow to the promotion of his fledgling religion, Atenism. Evacuated from their original communal crypt at Amarna, the royal dead were ferried down river to be buried in the...
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