EL HIEROGLYPH

Ancient Egyptian Inspired Jewellery Brand  

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note to self

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Tyndale, Walter (1855-1943) - Below the Cataracts 1907, Khnum Kepr, Ra, in the tomb of Seti I at Thebes

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nothing dries faster than tears.

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Let me not die while I'm still alive.

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Egyptian Child’s Eyes, Late Period, 664-332 BC

A pair of glazed composition eye plaques each comprising a deep blue frame with white sclera and black pupil, deep blue curved brow.

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you will never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling its a decision.

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Ancient Egyptian Inspired Perfume Bottles

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it all comes when it wants to, not when you want it to.

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'The Waxing Moon and the Eye of Horus at Dendera.' This forceful image of the moon on a pillar, decorated with the "healed eye" of Horus, can be found on the astronomical ceiling of the outer hypostyle hall in the Hathor Temple at Dendera.

The astronomical ceiling consists of seven separate strips but here we are looking at a detail of the FIRST STRIP WEST from the centre.

The moon eye is part of a panel that deals with the waxing moon is located at the middle of the strip.

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus lost his eye during a battle with Seth (the murderer of his father Osiris) and the eye (called 'Wadjet') was subsequently healed by Thoth, who is portrayed at the right-hand side of the picture.

The destruction and healing of the eye was symbolically coupled by the ancient Egyptians to the waning and waxing of the moon.

To the left of the moon are 14 stairs (outside the frame of the picture) with gods who refer to the 14 days leading up to the full "healed" moon. 

This part of the Dendera Temple was built during the Roman period (first century AD). 

Photo Mick Palarczyk.

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Memento Mori gold pendant in the form of a coffin enamelled in black and white with a hinged rock-crystal cover and a skeleton in high relief. The reverse and insides are enamelled with tongues of fire. 16thC France.

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You can't do what you want till you know what you're doing.

Moshe Feldenkrais

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Mark Rothko, Untitled (White, Blacks,Greys, on,Maroon) 1963

© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York