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Tomb of Ramses III (KV 11) NOTE: This variable is connected with libation offerings, particularly those offerings that show the king pouring a liquid out before the god. The database tracks a wide variety of aspects related to these complex actions, including whether...
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Temple of Seti I at Abydos NOTE: Two primary types of horns appear in royal headgear: the twisted, horizontal horns of the ovis longipes ram (which are often a component of both the atef and shwty crowns), and the curved rams horn of the ovis aries platyra aegyptiaca...
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Wired reports on a Scanathon that occurred last week at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. An invited group of artists, 3D enthusiasts, and Autodesk innovators pored through the museum photographing a number of prominent objects and rendering them as scale...
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Tomb of Khaemwaset (QV 44) NOTE: Discs often appear over the king’s head, as do vultures and falcons. These emblems represent divine protection or, in some instances, identification, for the king. Variations in their appearances, including elements such as the...
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Temple of Seti I at Abydos NOTE: This variable covers the action of any element being given to the king. There are both active (where he actually grasps or cups the item) and passive (where he does not make physical contact) versions of this variable. The gods...
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Temple of Seti I at Abydos NOTE: Falcon shirts, and falcon garments in general, became particularly prominent in the Eighteenth Dynasty. Several relief examples are preserved at Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el Bahri, on monuments of Amenhotep III, and the temple...
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Tomb of Khaemwaset (QV 44) NOTE: This variable refers to falcons in any location on the headgear. Generally, they are shown wrapped around the back of the head, as seen here, but sometimes the bird–representative of the god Horus–perches atop the crown...
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Ancient Egyptian faience, the self-glazing material composed of quartz, lime and a variety of other ingredients, may hold the key to streamlining a new technological process. As reported by Gizmag, the ability of faience to harden and glaze in a single firing holds...
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Temple of Seti I at Abydos NOTE: This gesture indicates the bestowal of life to the recipient. This example also includes two was scepters, representative of dominion....
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Tomb of Khaemwaset (QV 44) NOTE: This variable refers to ANY additional uraei on the head of the king beyond the expected uraeus (cobra) on the brow. The various types of additional uraei, including their placement and headgear, are differentiated in the database....
