Thoth Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, various deities were portrayed as animals. Thoth, the god of learning and wisdom was represented by a hamadryas baboon. Baboons,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egypt did not have a public school system, so the average Egyptian could neither read nor write. It is estimated that less
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a recent announcement Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities told the press several magnificent ancient Egyptian artifacts will be sent on an
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Egyptologists have unearthed many magnificent tombs. However, there are still burial places belonging to some of the most influential people in Egypt's ancient
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many amazing archaeological discoveries have been made in the Land of The Pharaohs. Still, archaeologists cannot often find nearly intact burials filled with
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pyramid Texts represent the oldest known collection of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions containing religious texts, elaborate spells (or utterances), hymns, prayers, thousands of
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians believed that the great gods had created the universe and maintained order; they were also involved in people's everyday lives and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the 1950s, archaeologists found a mysterious ancient tablet in the ruins of the theatre in Caesarea Maritima, Israel, built by King Herod
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many ancient cultures had their gods and goddesses related to the Moon. Egyptian lunar deity Khonsu (the 'wanderer' or "he who comes and goes") often wore
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The enigmatic moon has always fascinated humanity. Its brilliant presence in the night sky symbolized hope and enlightenment. As often as with the sun, the
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Upper Egypt, Khonsu (the 'wanderer' or “he who comes and goes”) was part of the Theban Triad, where his father was the god
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Archaeoastronomy
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient times the elusive planet Mercury was known under a variety of different names such as Nabu, Thoth, Hermes, Apollo, Buddha and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Nabu was among the most prestigious Babylonian-Assyrian gods, but he earned his importance much later in the first millennium BC. At a time, he
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Egyptian Mythology
Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - Horus was worshipped in different forms throughout Egypt from the predynastic period before Egypt was united under one ruler until Roman times. The pharaohs
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Egypt’s most mysterious and most interesting figure is the god Thoth (or Djehuty), as the Egyptians called him. This god was highly venerated in
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.om - The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table, or Tabula Smaragdina, is an ancient artifact, of which the original source is unknown. The tablet is part
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