Egypt
- Who Really Invented The Alphabet
Biblical Archaeological Review In a landmark article in the March/April 2010 issue of BAR, Orly Goldwasser, professor of Egyptology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explained how the very first alphabet, from which all other alphabets developed,...
- Was A 'mistress Of The Lionesses' A King In Ancient Canaan?
Lab Spaces A female Canaanite ruler known from the Amarna letters as "mistress of the lionesses" may have been identified on a plaque discovered at Tel Beit Shemesh: Tel Aviv University archaeologists Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr. Zvi Lederman of the...
- Grave Changes
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The newly-found tombs of King Unas's favourite singer and the supervisor of his exploration missions at the Saqqara necropolis reveal new burial patterns, Nevine El-Aref reports An Egyptian archaeological team stumbled...
- Book Review: Gamal Al-ghitani's "pyramid Texts"
Egypt Daily Star News The Pyramid Texts, which evolved into the Book of the Dead, are the oldest religious writing from ancient Egypt that are known to us today. A collection of spells and legends, the texts form the basis of much Egyptian religious theology...
- More Re Semitic Text From Pyramid Of Unas
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070129100250.htm A spell written in hieroglyphs, but spelling out words in Semitic, is shown on this page, together with another summary of Professor Steiner's work. "Although written in Egyptian characters,...
Egypt
More re Semitic text from pyramid of Unas
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070205-snake-spells.html
A coherent summary of the discovery and decipherment of the Semitic passages inscribed on the subterranean walls of the pyramid of King Unas at Saqqara: "The Canaanite spells were invoked to help protect mummified kings against poisonous snakes, one of ancient Egypt's most dreaded nemeses.
According to the incantations, female snakes—acting as mediators for Canaanite magicians—used their multiple mouths and sexual organs to prevent other snakes from entering the mummified rulers' remains.
The passages date from between 2400 to 3000 B.C. and appear to be written in Proto-Canaanite, a direct ancestor of biblical Hebrew".
According to the incantations, female snakes—acting as mediators for Canaanite magicians—used their multiple mouths and sexual organs to prevent other snakes from entering the mummified rulers' remains.
The passages date from between 2400 to 3000 B.C. and appear to be written in Proto-Canaanite, a direct ancestor of biblical Hebrew".
See the above two-page article for the complete story.
- Who Really Invented The Alphabet
Biblical Archaeological Review In a landmark article in the March/April 2010 issue of BAR, Orly Goldwasser, professor of Egyptology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explained how the very first alphabet, from which all other alphabets developed,...
- Was A 'mistress Of The Lionesses' A King In Ancient Canaan?
Lab Spaces A female Canaanite ruler known from the Amarna letters as "mistress of the lionesses" may have been identified on a plaque discovered at Tel Beit Shemesh: Tel Aviv University archaeologists Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr. Zvi Lederman of the...
- Grave Changes
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The newly-found tombs of King Unas's favourite singer and the supervisor of his exploration missions at the Saqqara necropolis reveal new burial patterns, Nevine El-Aref reports An Egyptian archaeological team stumbled...
- Book Review: Gamal Al-ghitani's "pyramid Texts"
Egypt Daily Star News The Pyramid Texts, which evolved into the Book of the Dead, are the oldest religious writing from ancient Egypt that are known to us today. A collection of spells and legends, the texts form the basis of much Egyptian religious theology...
- More Re Semitic Text From Pyramid Of Unas
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070129100250.htm A spell written in hieroglyphs, but spelling out words in Semitic, is shown on this page, together with another summary of Professor Steiner's work. "Although written in Egyptian characters,...