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Rice goddesses are found across cultures — 18 Dec 2017

Rice Goddesses - Earth Mothers who Influenced Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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For centuries, rice has been a staple diet and plays an important role in Asian culture. Although rice farmers have found their lives becoming more difficult due to climate change, Bloomberg states in 2016 that 16 million people still farm rice in...
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Rice goddesses are found across cultures — 18 Dec 2017

Rice Goddesses - Earth Mothers who Influenced Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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For centuries, rice has been a staple diet and plays an important role in Asian culture. Although rice farmers have found their lives becoming more difficult due to climate change, Bloomberg states in 2016 that 16 million people still farm rice in...
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Collection of Egyptian Busts and Shabtis, design by Anand Balaji — 27 Oct 2017

Nefertiti and the Perfect Serenity of Death: Mesmeric Shabtis of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun —Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Archeological records and a trove of recovered specimens inform us that shabtis (funerary figurines) produced from different materials were placed in the tombs of Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun, his father and grandfather. The exquisite...
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Collection of Egyptian Busts and Shabtis, design by Anand Balaji — 27 Oct 2017

Nefertiti and the Perfect Serenity of Death: Mesmeric Shabtis of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun —Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

0

Archeological records and a trove of recovered specimens inform us that shabtis (funerary figurines) produced from different materials were placed in the tombs of Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun, his father and grandfather. The exquisite...
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Collection of Egyptian Shabtis, design by Anand Balaji — 25 Oct 2017

Deputies of the Dead from Amarna to Thebes: Mesmeric Shabtis of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Among the most important items that made it into the crypts of both kings and commoners alike were shabti figurines that served to ensure that the Afterlife was one long holiday for their masters. The sepulchers of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun too...
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Collection of Egyptian Shabtis, design by Anand Balaji — 25 Oct 2017

Deputies of the Dead from Amarna to Thebes: Mesmeric Shabtis of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

0

Among the most important items that made it into the crypts of both kings and commoners alike were shabti figurines that served to ensure that the Afterlife was one long holiday for their masters. The sepulchers of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun too...
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Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids — 09 Oct 2017

Throwing Virgins into the Sea and Other Ways to Appease the Gods: The Ancient Reasons behind Virgin Sacrifice

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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When the going got tough, it was believed sacrificing a virgin to the gods—by throwing them into the sea, burying them alive, or leaving them for hungry monsters—was the best plan.Virgin sacrifice could be done for a number of widely accepted...
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Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids — 09 Oct 2017

Throwing Virgins into the Sea and Other Ways to Appease the Gods: The Ancient Reasons behind Virgin Sacrifice

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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When the going got tough, it was believed sacrificing a virgin to the gods—by throwing them into the sea, burying them alive, or leaving them for hungry monsters—was the best plan.Virgin sacrifice could be done for a number of widely accepted...
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Gods, Goddesses and… Rabbits? The Surprising Ancient Myths of the Moon — 01 Mar 2017

Gods, Goddesses and… Rabbits? The Surprising Ancient Myths of the Moon

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Before the first moon landing in 1969, the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e was mentioned in the Apollo 11 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription between the Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas and the Apollo 11 crew. The center said, “Among the large...
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Gods, Goddesses and… Rabbits? The Surprising Ancient Myths of the Moon — 01 Mar 2017

Gods, Goddesses and… Rabbits? The Surprising Ancient Myths of the Moon

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Before the first moon landing in 1969, the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e was mentioned in the Apollo 11 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription between the Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas and the Apollo 11 crew. The center said, “Among the large...
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Detail of 17th century illustration of a woman committing suttee: self-immolation on her husband’s funeral pyre. — 19 Apr 2016

Suttee: Deadly Ancient Lessons on How to be a ‘Good Wife’ and a ‘Redeemed Widow’

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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A poor, 60-year-old barber in rural India, who had been ill for some time, died in his simple mud hut in 2002. The next morning, his widow announced her intention to commit suttee (or sati) —the ancient practice in which a widow burns herself to...
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Detail of 17th century illustration of a woman committing suttee: self-immolation on her husband’s funeral pyre. — 19 Apr 2016

Suttee: Deadly Ancient Lessons on How to be a ‘Good Wife’ and a ‘Redeemed Widow’

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

2

A poor, 60-year-old barber in rural India, who had been ill for some time, died in his simple mud hut in 2002. The next morning, his widow announced her intention to commit suttee (or sati) —the ancient practice in which a widow burns herself to...
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