Egypt
Magic in Ancient Egypt video
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
A 22 minute video in Windows Media Player or RealOne Player: "As expressed in monuments that retain their impact still today, magic and the supernatural filled the lives of ancient Egyptians. In this made-for-TAC video, television personality Fred Lewis and Field Museum Egyptologist Thomas Mudloff visit sacred and secret sites of ancient Egypt and reveal the mystery and magic of temples, pyramids, and tombs. Learn secrets of ancient magic, some still practiced today. See the tomb of the god Osiris, the entrance to the underworld, secret tunnels under the floor, and the magic of the stones themselves".
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New Book: Egyptian Magic
The American University in Cairo Press Egyptian Magic. The Quest for Thoth’s Book of Secrets. Maarten J. Raven Maarten J. Raven is curator of the Egyptian Department of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (the Netherlands). He has organized...
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New Book: Ancient Egyptian Demonology
Peeters Ancient Egyptian Demonology. Studies on the Boundaries between the Demonic and the Divine in Egyptian Magic. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 175. Editor: Kousoulis P., 2011. In the Egyptian context, what we term magic and demon, drawing on our...
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Spellbound In Brooklyn
Archaeology Magazine (Morgan Moroney) Egyptian magic was much more than hocus-pocus Housed in a small gallery off the Brooklyn Museum's Egyptian wing is "Magic in Ancient Egypt: Image, Word, and Reality," an exhibition on view until October 8, 2009....
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Video Of Tomb Of Henu
http://www.rtl.be/page/player/player/28.aspx?nmediaid=67708 Thanks very much to Francois for supplying this video on the Belgian RTL website. It shows an interview with Pr. Harco Willems and has some good video footage of the tomb itself. It is all in...
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Exhibition: Daily Magic In Ancient Egypt
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18373"The Walters Art Museum presents the exhibit Daily Magic in Ancient Egypt through November 18, 2007. Magic played an important role in religions of the ancient world. Amulets in...
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