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The funeral rites of a mummy on the Nile, by Frederic Arthur Bridgman (1876–77). Speed Art Museum, Louisville (Public Domain) — 12 May 2023

The Dead Below Deck: Funerary Boat Customs

*By Ken Jeremiah*

*Archaeology & Science*

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Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old Egyptian funerary boat, measuring 60 feet (18 meters), that was so well preserved that it still had intact plant fibers attached to it, in 2016. Found near the pyramids in Abusir, the interesting thing...
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Akhenaten pic compliments of Jo from her trip. Osiris is a bronze/gold statue of the god, Louvre (Rama / CC BY-SA 3.0) (author created). — 19 Jul 2021

Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh: The New Osiris

*By Jonathon Perrin*

*Archaeology & Science*

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Did Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh outlaw the God of the Dead, or become him? Akhenaten has been called ancient Egypt’s ‘Heretic Pharaoh’. From 1354-1337 BC Akhenaten so drastically altered his country’s religion, art, and mythology that his...
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Pythagoras Emerging from the Underworld by Salvador Rosa (1662) Kimbell Art Museum (Public Domain) — 26 Aug 2020

Passage To Portals Of The Netherworld

*By ashley cowie*

*Mythology & Mystery*

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A common cosmological theme within ancient cultures was the concept that the Netherworld, Underworld or afterlife was entered from this world through portals and these ancient gates were often built in stone. Gates and doorways in sacred settings...
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Duat

The Dead Below Deck: Funerary Boat Customs

Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh: The New Osiris

Passage To Portals Of The Netherworld