#pharaoh
Sphinx
The mysterious; the enigmatic; power; Ra, god of the rising sun; wisdom; royal dignity; vigilance; strength.
With the head of a man, or woman, body of a bull, feet of a lion and wings of an eagle, it represents the four elements and combination of physical and intellectual power, the natural and the spiritual power incarnate in the Pharaoh.
The androsphinx is human-headed and represents the union of intellectual and physical powers; the criosphinx has a ram’s head and depicts silence; the hieracosphinx is falcon-headed and is solar; an all-lion-bodied sphinx, without wings, signifies power.
The Theban sphinx is funerary, a protector of graves and denotes wanton destruction and is an enemy of mankind.
The Greek sphinx is female-headed; the Minoan sphinx wears the ‘lily crown’.
The human-headed sphinx is also suggested as human spirit overcoming animal instincts.
[Source: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper]
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Obelisk
Phallic; male generative power; fertility; regeneration; stabilizing force.
It is also an axis mundi and the Tree of Life, a ritual world center, a ‘finger of the sun’.
In Egypt it denotes Ra; the ray of the sun; solar generative power.
[Source: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper]
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The Temple of Abu Simbel c.1880s & 1967
Created by Pharaoh Ramses II over 3000 years ago, controversially relocated in 1968 to make way for the Aswan Dam.
First photo by Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906), Getty Museum, 84.XM.473.1
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Seth Ptolemy / Pharaoh
Son of the Mummy
Birthday: May 12*
Star Sign: Taurus ♉
*diary debut in Cleo’s Boo York diary
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This lion acted as a guardian figure for a temple built by the pharaoh Amenhotep III.
18th Dynasty; Meroitic.
Material: red granite.
Ancient Egypt.
British Museum, London.
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Sahure was the second pharaoh of Ancient Egypt‘s 5th Dynasty.
Statue of Sahure Metropolitan museum of Art.
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Huni was an ancient Egyptian king and last pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He succeeded Pharaoh Khaba to the throne of Egypt. Following the Turin king list, he is commonly credited with a reign of 24 years, ending c. 2600 BC.
Pic 1 .Pink granite head attributed to Huni, Brooklyn Museum
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The Mummy (1999)
Dir: Stephen Sommers
DOP: Adrian Biddle
“It’s just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.”
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Pharaoh Yugi MissTsundere
Les presento a Amhosis del comic Las sombras de Asyria, pronto veran mas contenido y avances de este proyecto
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☆ Roman bust, 130–138 CE – Antinous, the royal companion and lover of Roman emperor Hadrian, depicted wearing the headdress of an Egyptian pharaoh. After Antinous drowned in the river Nile in 130 CE, Hadrian deified him and erected sculptures of him across the Roman Empire. | Art Institute of Chicago, USA ☆
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