#hermopolis

[sheyri]

The Temple of Thoth

Later I even met Djehuty himself!

[parafrazerofhistory]

Where the Gods Are Buried

“The grave of Zeus, the great god of Greece, was shewn to visitors in Crete as late as about the beginning of our era. The body of Dionysus was buried at Delphi beside the golden statue of Apollo, and his tomb bore the inscription, ‘Here lies Dionysus dead, the son of Semele.' According to one account, Apollo himself was buried at Delphi; for Pythagoras is said to have carved an inscription on his tomb, setting forth how the god had been killed by the python and buried under the tripod. The ancient god Cronus was buried in Sicily, and the graves of Hermes, Aphrodite, and Ares were shewn in Hermopolis, Cyprus, and Thrace.”

—J. G. Frazer, The Dying God (The Golden Bough, vol. IV, 1914, pp. 3-4)

Mid-4th-cent. BCE grave stele from Athens, carved in Pentelic marble. Now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

(Source: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

[ophierian-vp]

[nowoolallowed]

Two Princesses - Met Museum Collection

Inventory Number: 1985.328.6 New Kingdom, Amarna Period, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Dynasty 18, Reign of Akhenaton. Location Information: Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Pylon of Ramesses II, Foundations, Deutsche Hermopolis Expedition 1939; Probably originally from Amarna (Akhetaten)

Description:

The demonstration of affection in this detail showing two of Akhenaten's daughters is typical of the intimacy allowed in representations of the royal family during the Amarna period. Although affectionate gestures are not entirely unknown in royal art of other eras, the casual pose and the fully frontal depiction of the older sister's torso are unparalleled among royal figures and are extremely rare in any type of representation during other periods of Egyptian art.

[philoursmars]

Au Louvre-Lens, il y avait une expo fort intéressante : “Champollion - La Voie des Hiéroglyphes”, sur l’homme, son époque, l’image de l’Egypte en Europe avant l’Egyptologie....

En alternance avec le moulage du Zodiaque de Dendéra : 

- Nakhthorheb - Hermopolis- Baqlieh, Basse époque, 590 av. J-C.

- couple assis - Nouvel Empire, 1330 av. J-C.

- id.

- ivoire magique - Moyen Empire, 2035-1680 av. J-C.

- fragment de couple royal Aménophis III et Tiy, stéatite - Nouvel Empire, 1380 av. J-C.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Two Princesses.

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period; 18th Dynasty, Reign of Akhenaten

Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Place of origin: Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Pylon of Ramesses II, Foundations, Deutsche Hermopolis Expedition 1939; Probably originally from Amarna (Akhetaten)

Medium: Limestone, paint

[charlesreeza]

Ibis Coffin - Egyptian, Ptolemaic epoch (bronze, wood and stucco) at the Museum of Art and History, Geneva.

[triste-le-roy]

Frontispiece to Jean-Baptiste Willermoz’s Les Feuillets d’Hermopolis Vol. 2: Instructions—Nice Edition, originally published in the late 18th century, written for the followers of Martinez de Pasqually (unknown designer, 2000).

(via Scribd)