The Cobra And Scarab

Author : Glenn Starkey
Publisher : Abbott Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458200686

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The Cobra and Scarab by Glenn Starkey Pdf

Hidden for centuries by the shifting sands of the desert, scrolls are unearthed by an archeologist who believes his dream of discovering riches has finally come true. But his hopes of returning to England in glory are shattered when a Bedouin reveals that the ancient text does not hold monetary value, but instead shares the unknown truths of the beautiful Egyptian queen Hatshepsut, the treacheries of nobility, and the two men destined from birth to clash with her. The ambitious Hatshepsut is willing to become Pharaoh at any cost, even when the price must be paid with her body and with murder. Tetimas, rightful heir to the throne, is forced from childhood to watch his kingship stolen from him by Hatshepsut and her sadistic lover, Ashwan. Yet, despite his fears, Tetimass fate and Egypts power are destined to become one. Haunted by tragedy, Sakkara seeks solace in war, but is willing to risk everything to save his half-brother, the true king. In this gripping, classic historical tale, the hatred between two strong-willed leaders is about to boil to the surface. As a nation waits for the victor in a momentous struggle for the throne, a hidden history is at last revealed.

Author : Sally Barber Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015025157481

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The Cobra Goddess of Ancient Egypt by Sally Barber Johnson Pdf

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Wolfram Grajetzki
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789254242

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The People of the Cobra Province in Egypt by Wolfram Grajetzki Pdf

The book delivers a history from below for the first half of Egyptian history covering the earliest settlements, state formation and the pyramid age. The focus is on the Wadjet province, about 350 km south of modern Cairo in Upper Egypt. Herearchaeological records provide an especially rich dataset for the material culture of farmers. Histories of Ancient Egypt have focussed heavily on the kings, monuments and inscriptions, while the working population is hardly mentioned. The book investigates the life of people far from the centres of power. One main aim of the book is the interaction between farmers and the ruling classes at the centres of power and locally. How did decisions at the royal centre affect the life of ordinary people? The Introduction offers a critical survey of Egyptologists and their attitudes towards the working class. The social and cultural background of these researchers is analysed to assess how heavily they are influenced by time and their political and cultural background. The First chapter then describes the location and gives a history of previous research and excavations. The archaeological sites and the recorded ancient place names of the province are presented to provide a geographical framework for the book. The following chapters are arranged in chronological order, mainly according to the archaeological phases visible in the province. It appears that in phases of a weak central government, people in the provinces were much better off, while in phases of a strong central government burials of poorer people are almost absent. The reasons for this are discussed. A substantial part of the book comprises descriptions of single burials and the material culture in the province. The archaeology of the poorer people is the main focus. Burial customs and questions of production are discussed. For a fuller picture, evidence from other parts of Egypt is also taken into account. Thus settlement sites in other regions are presented to provide contemporary evidence for living conditions in particular periods. As the book will focus on the lower classes, the Tributary Mode of Production will be used as the main theoretical framework. The Tributary Mode of Production (previously known as the Asiatic Mode of Production) is a term that goes back to Karl Marx, but was mainly used in the 20th century to describe ancient societies whose economies were not based on slaves. A constant question will be the status of the working population. Were they slaves,serfs or free citizens? It will be argued that they were most often in a dependent position comparable to that of serfs, while there is little evidence for slavery. The numerous burials presented in the volume are important for highlighting the diversity of burials in the different periods. Many will be placed in special subchapters. Readers can skip these chapters when they prefer to concentrate on the main text.

Author : Brian Laban
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781785000041

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Shelby and AC Cobra by Brian Laban Pdf

In the new edition of this classic text, Brian Laban brings the story of the AC Cobra up to date. In the early 1960s, a flamboyant Texan, Carroll Shelby, dreamed of a special kind of sports car, a marriage of European style with lusty, affordable American V8 power. He took his dream forward and he persuaded British sports car specialist AC Cars to build his car, and US industry giant the Ford Motor Co to fund it. Its name also came to him in a dream - Cobra. The original production of the Cobra lasted just five years and encompassed barely a thousand cars built within the original framework. But it was only the beginning of a story that is still very much alive, encompassing 'continuations', spin-offs, and a massive worldwide replica industry. Shelby and AC Cobra details the man behind the cars, the story of their development and engineering, racing pedigree and owning and driving these powerful, iconic cars today. Fully illustrated with 250 archive colour photographs.

Author : DeTraci Regula
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Isis (Egyptian deity)
ISBN : 1567185606

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The Mysteries of Isis by DeTraci Regula Pdf

"This work provides information on the modern practice of Isis worship, portraying the goddess as a universal rather than specifically Egyptian deity. It contains rituals and exercises demonstrating how to divine the future using the Sacred Scarabs, cast love spells, and more."--Amazon.

Author : Gill Harvey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781408812495

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The Spitting Cobra by Gill Harvey Pdf

The Spitting Cobra is the first in a new series of four books set in ancient Egypt. Each book is a fantastically atmospheric evocation of Egyptian life encased in an exciting adventure story. The boy and girl characters, Hopi and Isis, feature in each book and readers will be intrigued to follow their struggles for existence and adventure in Egypt circa 1150 BC. The Spitting Cobra opens the series with a gripping adventure of royal proportions as Hopi and Isis, orphaned when crocodiles kill their parents, are due to perform for the Pharoah's tomb builders near the legendary Valley of the Kings. But the villagers fall under suspicion when the heavily guarded royal tombs are broken into. Can Isis and Hopi discover the truth about the robberies - in time?

Author : Fiona V. Richards
Publisher : Saint-Paul
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 3525537514

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Scarab Seals from a Middle to Late Bronze Age Tomb at Pella in Jordan by Fiona V. Richards Pdf

Author : Elmar Schenkel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783958170629

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The Guru Challenge by Elmar Schenkel Pdf

Indian Gurus remain an important issue in the contemporary world and affect politics, culture and commerce alike. This spiritual/economic figure has become a worldwide phenomenon, signalling that syncretism is taking place on a global scale. At the same time, the concept of the guru will remain a constant challenge to ideas of enlightenment and democracy. The present book focusses on this challenge presenting contributions from an interdisciplinary perspective. German, Indian and American scholars have explored guruism in tradition, economy and Jungian psychology as well as in contemporary literature, travel writing and film. Individual studies of gurus such as Ramana Maharshi or Osho/Bhagvan, but also Gandhi and Tolstoi furthermore illustrate the spiritual globalization that has been taking place over the last century.

Author : Adam Zertal
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047429890

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El-Ahwat: A Fortified Site from the Early Iron Age Near Nahal 'Iron, Israel by Adam Zertal Pdf

This report presents the findings of a unique archaeological site in central Israel. The site is a fortified city, possibly from the Sea-Peoples Shardana, that contains intriguing architecture and many Egyptian finds. The Egyptian finds specifically indicate that it may have been an Egyptian stronghold with foreign mercenaries.

Author : Daphna Ben-Tor
Publisher : Saint-Paul
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 3727815930

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Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections by Daphna Ben-Tor Pdf

Author : Rogério Sousa,Anne Haslund Hansen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004524804

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The Tomb of the Priests of Amun by Rogério Sousa,Anne Haslund Hansen Pdf

This book examines the objects of the Danish Lot of antiquities from Bab el-Gasus that are kept at the National Museum of Denmark since 1893 aiming at reconstructing how they were crafted, designed, used and recycled during the 21st Dynasty.

Author : Max Overton
Publisher : Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781921636240

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Scarab - Akhenaten by Max Overton Pdf

A chance discovery in Syria reveals answers to the mystery of the ancient Egyptian sun-king, the heretic Akhenaten and his beautiful wife Nefertiti. Inscriptions in the tomb of his sister Beketaten, otherwise known as Scarab, tell a story of life and death, intrigue and warfare, in and around the golden court of the kings of the glorious 18th dynasty. The narrative of a young girl growing up at the centre of momentous events--the abolition of the gods, foreign invasion, and the fall of a once-great family--reveals who Tutankhamen's parents really were, what happened to Nefertiti, and other events lost to history in the great destruction that followed the fall of the Aten heresy.

Author : Ralph K. Hawkins
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066745

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The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal by Ralph K. Hawkins Pdf

In Josh 8:30–35, Israel constructs an altar on Mt. Ebal in fulfillment of the command of Deut 27:1–8. This structure had very important social, political, and religious implications for Israel, for it was the first structure to be built after the people entered the land of Canaan. Once the altar was completed, sacrifices were to be offered on it, and a renewal of the covenant was to be carried out (patterned after the ritual of Deut 31:9–13). This covenant renewal was necessary to integrate the people into the covenant who had not been a part of the Sinai experience. The event was significant enough to establish nearby Shechem as the tribal league shrine, and it was the first political and religious ceremony that the Israelites undertook following their entry into the land. As a covenant ratification, it could be described as their ratification as a nation. The altar on Mt. Ebal and its concomitant ceremony were, therefore, according to the claims of the Hebrew Bible, of supreme importance in the life of ancient Israel. In 1980, during the survey of the territory of Manasseh, Israeli archaeologist Adam Zertal discovered a site on Mt. Ebal dating to the period of Iron I, during which the Israelites began to sedentarize in the central hill country of Canaan. The site was excavated over eight seasons, from 1982 to 1989, under the auspices of the University of Haifa and the Israel Exploration Society. In 1985, Zertal published an article in which he suggested that the structure on Ebal may have been the altar of Josh 8:30–35. In The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal, Ralph Hawkins reviews the excavation on Mt. Ebal and its results, including the scarabs, seals, and animal bones found there. He examines the architecture of the site in relation to Mesopotamian watchtowers, altars, and the descriptions of altars in mishnaic materials, Ezekiel, and Deuteronomic passages. This fascinating book examines the Mt. Ebal site using a comparative method for both the physical data and the textual data. The site and its artifacts are analyzed and then compared with alternative proposals and literary traditions. The site is placed in its broader regional context in order to determine how it might relate to the larger settlement picture of Iron Age I. The primary purpose is to examine the data with a view to determining the nature and function of the site and its possible relation to Josh 8:30–35. A compelling read for biblical and archaeological students and scholars, who will better be able to envision sites of past events.

Author : Mira Bartok,Christine Ronan
Publisher : Good Year Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0673361799

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Ancient Egypt and Nubia by Mira Bartok,Christine Ronan Pdf

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

Author : William Christopher Hayes
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art, Egyptian
ISBN : 9780870995804

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The Scepter of Egypt: The Hyksos period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.) (4th printing, rev.) by William Christopher Hayes Pdf