Tag Archives: Gods

Photo Of The Week – Can Feet Tell

…..how tall and big a person is? If the answer is yes this was a really colossal statue. A pity the rest of it got lost.                             … Continue reading

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CATS BECAME GODS IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Today, according to statistics cats have a slight edge over dogs in popularity as pets. But we are not the first cat lovers. Way back in Ancient Egypt they were first kept as pets, and were praised for controlling vermin and … Continue reading

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE

HAVE HUMANS REALLY BUILD THESE BIGGER THAN LIFE COLUMNS? More from Egypt soon                                        Brigitte

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A COW, A CAT, A VULTURE – A GODDESS?

The sun was setting on a day I never wanted to end. The ruins of the temple started to throw their shadows on the long alleys before them, and as they had done for thousands of years would soon disappear into … Continue reading

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GODS ARE BIGGER THAN HUMANS

I never thought of myself as short, but while visiting Egypt I felt that I wasn’t even there when I stood next to a statue of a God or a Pharaoh. The Pharaohs saw themselves as Gods and the size of the statues built in their … Continue reading

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BES – GOD OF GOOD HUMOUR

It must have been meant to be that on my last day in Egypt, at the Temple of Dendara, when I needed something to cheer me up,  I met Bes. Bes, is not a person but a little, grotesque statue of an … Continue reading

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