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Erotic knucklebone dice for the search for love, sex and fertility?

This rare knucklebone made of gabbro depicts figures of the deities Baubo, Eros, and Kronos (or Ganymedes) in association with Harpocrates. It is interpreted as…

Icosahedron, limestone, inscribed in Demotic with the names of 20 different Egyptian deities, 1st century A.D. (?)Qaret el-Muzzawaqa, Western end of the Dakhleh Oasis, New Valley Museum, Kharga, Egypt, inventory number 843. Image: M. Minas-Nerpel, A Demotic Inscribed Icosahedron From Dakhleh Oasis, in: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 93, 2007, p. 142.

An Ancient 20-sided Dice Inscribed with the Names of Egyptian Deities

Overview This so far unique dice was made of limestone. Instead of numbers it was inscribed with the names of 20 different Egyptian deities. These…

Anubis, bronze with gilt, gold inlay, ca. 747-525 BCE, Egypt, Karnak, Temple of Amun 20.8 x 14.4 x 5.3 cm. The Walteres Art Museum, 54.400. CC0 1.0 © Kirsten D. Dzwiza ∙ ancientmagic.academy

A Worshipper Kneeling Before the Egyptian God Anubis

Date: ca. 747-525 BCE Findspot: Egypt, Karnak, Temple of Amun (Karnak Cachette) Location: The Walters Art Museum, 54.400 A bronze statuette of the anthropomorphic god…

Alabaster Sistrum Inscribed with the Names of King Teti Ca. 2323-2291 B.C., Dynasty 6, reign of Teti. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), pigment, resin. Egypt. H. 26.5 cm, W: 7 cm, D: 1,7 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 26.7.1450

Alabaster Sistrum Inscribed – An Egyptian Ritual Instrument

This sistrum is made of Egyptian alabaster and inscribed with the names of Pharaoh Teti. It is dated around 2.323-2.291 BCE. The carved handle of…

A Polymorphic Bes Statuette

This bronze statuette shows a composite deity who has the attributes of various different gods: the face of the god Bes, the twin plumes and…

The Crocodile God Sobek

The crocodile was particularly feared because not only did it kill, it ate the body of its victim without which there could be no afterlife.…

BM 1814,0704.1172 Amulet against the Evil Eye

Gold Amulet Against the Evil Eye

This amulet consists of a small disc made of gold. It was stamped with an eye in the centre which is attacked by eleven protectors:…

Hand of Sabazius

Sabazius was an eastern god of fertility and vegetation. In Roman times he was worshiped in association with other deities, particularly Dionysus (Bacchus). His cult…

Rare Scarab Gold Box Ring

“From the end of the third millennium B.C., the scarab beetle served as an amulet in Egypt where it represented the sun god. In the…

Isis Amulet – The Egyptian Goddess with Wings and Lotos Flowers

This scarab amulet shows the Egyptian goddess Isis with wings and lotos flowers According to Egyptian mythology, Isis transformed herself into a bird in order…