Egypt
- 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...
- 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....
- Exhibition: Magic In Ancient Egypt
Design Taxi How the Egyptians, known throughout the ancient world for their expertise in magic, addressed the unknown forces of the universe is explored in this exhibition of twenty objects from the Brooklyn Museum's world-famous collection. Ancient...
- 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...
- 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,...
Egypt
The Magic of Tutankhamun
http://www.llewellynjournal.com/article/925
An introduction to magic in the age of the Pharaohs, followed by a discussion of the specific instances in the tomb of Tutankhamun: "The ancients viewed magic – the invisible force that alters visible reality – as an integral and potentially active function in every sentient being. This function, called Heka, was the first quality emanated by the Sun-god Ra when he ordained that he would create the universe. At that moment, Heka came into being, as both an extension of Ra and as a separate entity. From this event the creation proceeded, and thus everything that followed possessed a degree of Heka. In an Old Kingdom (BCE 2700-2180) royal text, this power was cited as an endowment to the human race",
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An introduction to magic in the age of the Pharaohs, followed by a discussion of the specific instances in the tomb of Tutankhamun: "The ancients viewed magic – the invisible force that alters visible reality – as an integral and potentially active function in every sentient being. This function, called Heka, was the first quality emanated by the Sun-god Ra when he ordained that he would create the universe. At that moment, Heka came into being, as both an extension of Ra and as a separate entity. From this event the creation proceeded, and thus everything that followed possessed a degree of Heka. In an Old Kingdom (BCE 2700-2180) royal text, this power was cited as an endowment to the human race",
See the full article for more.
- 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...
- 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....
- Exhibition: Magic In Ancient Egypt
Design Taxi How the Egyptians, known throughout the ancient world for their expertise in magic, addressed the unknown forces of the universe is explored in this exhibition of twenty objects from the Brooklyn Museum's world-famous collection. Ancient...
- 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...
- 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,...