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Friday, November 28, 2014
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The excitement of discovery... in Egypt and archaeology-based adventure fiction
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Take young people to museums and the 2 THINGS THEY MOST WANT TO SEE...
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
UPDATE: Ancient Egypt and Outer Space... is ancient Egypt taking over the universe?
FURTHER UPDATE
It continues - the curious 'ancient Egyptianization' of outer space...
UPDATE
The association continues to build... according to this recent item "Bennu... Formerly known as 1999 RQ36, the space rock was chosen by process of elimination as the destination for the UA-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which will pick up a sample of its regolith and return it to Earth for analysis. Launch is little more than two months away."
It continues - the curious 'ancient Egyptianization' of outer space...
"Incredible Footage of OSIRIS-REx Being Launched Towards an Asteroid
NASA’s spacecraft will intercept Bennu, a small butpotentially hazardous near-Earth object..." (Observer)
UPDATE
The association continues to build... according to this recent item "Bennu... Formerly known as 1999 RQ36, the space rock was chosen by process of elimination as the destination for the UA-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which will pick up a sample of its regolith and return it to Earth for analysis. Launch is little more than two months away."
We are not the only ones to fuse ancient Egypt and outer space.
The ancient Egyptians' built creation stories out of stellar events.
The sacred Benben stone, centre-piece of the temple of Ra in Heliopolis, was in all likelihood a conical meteorite that fell to earth in Egypt, its pyramidion shape finding echoes in obelisks and in pyramids themselves.
The ancient Egyptians prized 'iron of the sky', meteoric iron used in the making of jewellery beads, ceremonial daggers (Tutankhamun's treasure provides a famous example of this) and in the sacred adze used in the opening of the mouth ceremony.
The ancient Egyptians' built creation stories out of stellar events.
The sacred Benben stone, centre-piece of the temple of Ra in Heliopolis, was in all likelihood a conical meteorite that fell to earth in Egypt, its pyramidion shape finding echoes in obelisks and in pyramids themselves.
The ancient Egyptians prized 'iron of the sky', meteoric iron used in the making of jewellery beads, ceremonial daggers (Tutankhamun's treasure provides a famous example of this) and in the sacred adze used in the opening of the mouth ceremony.
OSIRIS-Rex, Philae and Rosetta are just two more examples, and names, in
a long comet’s tail of associations between outer space and ancient Egypt.*
Think of the asteroid Apophis (the great Egyptian serpent
god of outer darkness) that threw a scare into us when it was feared it might
strike earth.
Think of the canonical use of sarcophagus-like sleep capsules used
by distant travellers in science fiction movies, with 'Interstellar' being the latest
example.
Like astronauts, mummies are bound up in elaborate white suits with masks for
their journey through eternity.
Consider the Great Pyramid as the largest ever gantry for a space
shot to put the pharaoh's soul into space and orbit among the imperishable
circumpolar stars.
In fact you might say that ancient Egypt devised the first ‘space
ship’ – a pharaoh’s barque that traveled through the heavens like the sun in a
journey of millions of years.
The first 'space ship'- from ancient Egypt? |
*(In
one of my fictional adventure mysteries, 'THE RA VIRUS'', I build on this
tradition where a meteorite bearing a deadly pathogen is suspected of being
the cause of an 'Eleventh Plague of Egypt')
Saturday, November 8, 2014
His flashlight illuminated faces of a cow eared goddess carved into the columns. “What is this place?”
New fiction - The Cleopatra Death Conspiracy |
A
mysteriously chosen group, they had been driven to this unknown site in Land
Cruisers by night, blindfolded.
The
vehicles had departed, abandoning them, and they’d been led toiling up a rocky
path on a mountain or cliff face and eventually admitted via low passages into
some large underground vault where voices echoed in empty space.
When
the blindfolds came off, it had revealed more darkness until they reached for
their flashlights. Spurts of yellow beams began washing across columns in an ancient
entrance hall.
Lawrence
looked around, marvelling at the sight. His flashlight illuminated faces of a
cow eared goddess carved into the columns.
“What
is this place?” he said in an enthralled whisper.
Here,
brought to life, was the setting of every historical fantasy he had ever wanted
to write, every dream he ever dared to dream, every mystery he had ever wanted
to believe in.
They
had been brought here on the wishes of a dead man, James Hollister.
Before
he died, the rich and cancer-ridden archaeologist had invited a group of chosen
individuals to this secret location in Egypt.
The
lure?
The
execution of his last will and testament. Hollister would bequeath to them a
great secret discovery, which, if ever revealed, would electrify the world.
A
group of intrigued beneficiaries.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Did Akhenaten require the use of a stick?
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