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Adventures of the Elders Egypt Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros Meaning of Life

Senet

The ancient game Senet has become the go-to game at the WLBOTT barracks. The game over 4,500 years old. Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: romanized: znt, lit. ’passing’; cf. Coptic ⲥⲓⲛⲉ /sinə/, ‘passing, afternoon’) is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. The earliest representation […]

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Egypt History Scholarship/Erudition

Amanirenas, the One-Eyed Queen

As our marketing team was doing due diligence with our new line of playing cards, we discovered that there were no “one-eyed” queens in a standard deck. According to Elder G: However, the Google was able to provide more general information on the “one-eyed” queen. From the cool site Wonderopolis The reign of Kandake Amanirenas […]

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Sekhmet

How Old is Sekhmet? HistoryThe first known unambiguous reference to Sekhmet has been found in mortuary complex of Nyuserre Ini of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt [25th century BC]. She seems to have been a comparatively minor figure in the old kingdom becoming much more significant in the new kingdom. Wikipedia Comparative scholarshipIn the 1960s […]

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Adventures of the Elders Egypt Existential Angst Meaning of Life

The Suburban Pyramid

UC#4 has expressed an interest in building a backyard suburban pyramid. He is unable or unwilling to articulate why he wants to do this. Pyramids – The Basics A pyramid (from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís) ‘pyramid’) is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular and converge to a point at the top, making the shape […]