... realm ofthe dead — as spec-tators. They looked on as the souls ofthe dead were being judged and they witnessed the torment of those who failed to pass the tests of Ma’at. A man dressed in the ... into the streets and onto a ferryboat. This boat took them across the Nile into the City of the Dead, in the western desert region. With words of power, chanted by the wise son, they entered the ... as goddesses of childbirth, helping the mother to safely deliver the child. If the family was not wealthy enough to afford one, the expectant mother gave birth on the roof ofthe house; a modest...
... swamp. The completion ofthe last portion ofthe causeway cost the Egyptians heavily, for while they were exposed to the arrows ofthe Rebu archers these were now beyond the range ofthe Egyptians ... either to the Exodus or to any ofthe eventswhich preceded it among the records of Egypt, there is nothing to fix the date as occurring during the reign of any one among the long line of Egyptian ... beat off the irregular attacks ofthe Rebu.Amusis and the other leaders ofthe Rebu strove to get their men into solid order, for so alone could they hopeto break the phalanxes ofthe Egyptians;...
... governs the revolution ofthe planets around the sun. Back ofthe fall ofthe die are causes, or chains of causes, running back further than the mind can follow. The position ofthe die in the ... speak ofthe Fatherhood of God, and the Motherhood of Nature of God, the Divine Father, and Nature the Universal Mother—and have thus instinctively acknowledged the Principle of Gender in the ... judgment on the Hermetic conception ofthe Mental nature ofthe Universe. Think over any and all of the other conceptions, and see whether this be not true of them. But the Absolute point of view...
... 4589MINIREVIEWPoly(ADP-ribose) The most elaborate metabolite of NAD+Alexander Bu¨rkleDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, GermanyIntroduction The life cycle of poly(ADP-ribose)NAD+⁄ NADH is among themost ... onto the emerging chain of several covalently linked ADP-ribo-syl residues is the basis ofthe formation of poly(ADP-ribose), which can be regarded the cell’s most elaboratemetabolite of NAD+[1]. ... developed over the last couple of years are (a) the localized relaxation of chromatin at the site of DNA damage, mediated either by direct modifi-cation of histones or noncovalent interaction of histoneswith...
... several theories concerning the origin ofthe world, so there were various accounts ofthe creation of man. The first natural belief ofthe Greek people was that man had sprung from the earth. They ... to the meaning ofthe oracular command, but at length both agreed that by the bones of their mother were meant the stones ofthe earth. They accordingly took up stones from the wrath. If the ... DEMETER,[13] the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, was the goddess of Agriculture. MNEMOSYNE, the daughter of Uranus and Gæa, was the goddess of Memory and the mother ofthe nine Muses. LETO (Latona) was the...
... could well have attended one ofthe five performances of Medea in the autumn of 1647. Noting the theatricality ofthe costumesand the similarity ofthe architecture to the Stadsschouwburg, J. Konstposited ... participant; it is the “open” space ofthe window, and the agentby which Six reads. This light illuminates the head and hand of Six, the sword hilt upon the table, and the pile of books, the top one ... portrayals of Anslo meet the challenge that an image must con-vey the full presence ofthe sitter: the image must be both seen and“heard” – that is, it evokes in the viewer the imagined voice of the...
... ancient Egypt, had additional titles suggesting that they specialized in treating various parts ofthe body: Physician ofthe Eyes, Physician ofthe Belly, Shepherd ofthe Anus.1 Ofthe Egyptians, ... innumerable doctors, some specializing in diseases ofthe eye, others of the head, others ofthe stomach, and so on; while others, again, deal with the sort of troubles which cannot be exactly localized.”2 ... them somewhat accurately, and learn a great deal about the study and practice of medicine in Ancient Egypt. Some ofthe papyri are quite famous, including the Edwin Smith Papyrus, though of...
... Maker ofthegodsofthe south and ofthe north, ofthe west and ofthe east! Come ye and acclaim Rā, the Lord of heaven, the Prince—life, health, strength be to him! the Creator ofthe gods, ... Isis 74 The Legend of Horus of Behutet 77 The Legend of Khnemu and the Seven Years' Famine 83 The Legend ofthe Wanderings of Isis 87 The Legend ofthe Princess of Bekhten ... made their paper from it by cutting the inner part ofthe stem into thin strips, the width of which depended upon the thickness ofthe stem; the length of these varied, of course, with the length...