Have a beautiful #DayOfAphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #Hathor is a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. She has a vengeful aspect that protects the Sun God #Ra from his enemies. Her benevolent side governs music, dance, joy, love, sexuality, and maternal care. She was most commonly as a woman wearing a headdress of cow horns and a sun disk. #ancientEgypt#mythology@antiquidons
Afterglow of Empire Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance
During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions.
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
In this rich and beautifully illustrated work of history, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson allows one hundred artifacts from the boy king's tomb to speak again—not only for themselves, but as witnesses of the civilization that created them.
The World of Ancient Egypt
A Daily Life Encyclopedia
[2 Volumes]
This absorbing reference covers everyday life in ancient Egypt, spanning a period of more than 5,000 years—from the Stone Age to the advent of Christianity.
What would it be like if you were transported back to Thebes, 1360 BCE? This time-traveler's guide is a fascinating way to find out . . .
Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in?
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
#Aphrodite Anadyomene, Aphrodite Rising from the Sea, as depicted in an #Egyptian blue faience statuette. Egyptian faience (tjehenet in ancient Egyptian) is a ceramic material that gets a glassy look from quartz reacting with alkali.
🏛️ Aphrodite Anadyomene made from blue faience, Ptolemaic #Egypt
"After #Hera inflicted madness upon him [#Dionysos], he wandered over #Egypt and Syria. The Egyptian king Proteus first welcomed him."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 29
🏛️ Dionysos and #Ariadne, #Coptic Egyptian tapestry from the 4th century CE.
"Joy brightens the hearts of my worshippers and enables them to live a full and meaningful life. Let me place joy in your heart as well. Life, prosperity, and health." #Ariadne felt the magic of the words fill her, a common greeting that was made powerful by the goddess speaking it. Divinity sparked from #Hathor's fingertips as she brushed over Ariadne's womanhood, an intense feeling of joyful lust following in their wake. #WIPWednesday#ancientEgypt@smutstodon@mythology