tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91411640514284834582024-03-05T01:27:25.662-05:00Ancient Civilizations MysteriesEgyptian Ancient Language, Hieroglyphic Characters, Rosetta stone, Tombs of Ancient Egypt, How to Mummify, Ancient Egypt Canopic Jar:Mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09787981051750803636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141164051428483458.post-52456850345129378092009-03-19T16:16:00.014-04:002009-04-07T20:55:17.639-04:00INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPT<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Egyptian Ancient Language:</span></strong></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Egyptian language is an Afro-Asian language formerly spoken in ancient Egypt. Now extinct, it however gave rise to the coptic language, liturgical language which ceased to be used as living language. Evolution of the Egyptian language on more than 4500 years can be divided in several great periods:<br /><br /><strong>Archaic Egyptian</strong></span> (</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">before 2600 BC)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Early Dynastic Period</span><br /><strong>Old Egyptian</strong></span> (</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">2600 BC – 2000 BC)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Old Kingdom<br /></span><strong>Middle Egyptian (</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">2000 BC – 1300 BC)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Middle Kingdom up to the Amarna period</span><br /><strong>Late Egyptian (</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">1300 BC – 700 BC)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Amarna period through the Third Intermediate</span><br /><strong>Demotic Egyptian (</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">7th BC – 5th AD)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Late Period through Roman times</span><br /><strong>Coptic Egyptian (</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">1st AD – 17th AD)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Early Roman times to early modern times</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Hieroglyphic Characters:</span></strong><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Egyptologists distinguish 3 categories of Hieroglyphic Characters:<br /><strong>1.</strong> Logograms, which represent an object (pictogram) or a concept (ideogram);<br /><strong>2.</strong> Phonograms, which correspond to an isolated consonant or a series of consonants;<br /><strong>3.</strong> Determinatives, “dumb” signs which indicate the lexical field to which belongs the word.</span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Following is an image of the <strong>Hieroglyphic Alphabet</strong>:</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmI3aPjT90iRyYUdqgV-SDZ3mA-dQyKioME0EE0AF3HlopAvxbr9oQ-NApPnBhrAcnbDrGkcba4hRcjZp74b9qcBvp6OM6KiY5vFmLDZ2PPu4D2DTvl0R_yItOvuVKYXQecY_Y_cdXVMvc/s1600-h/Hieroglyphic+Alphabet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315365443798864786" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmI3aPjT90iRyYUdqgV-SDZ3mA-dQyKioME0EE0AF3HlopAvxbr9oQ-NApPnBhrAcnbDrGkcba4hRcjZp74b9qcBvp6OM6KiY5vFmLDZ2PPu4D2DTvl0R_yItOvuVKYXQecY_Y_cdXVMvc/s320/Hieroglyphic+Alphabet.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Appeared four thousand year BC, hieroglyphic characters will be used until the Roman era, thus during more than three thousand years. Hieroglyphic characters knowledge has been lost when the Roman emperor Theodose closed the pagan places of worship in 380. Luckily, after fourteen centuries, Rosetta stone discovery, as well as the genius of Jean-François Champollion to break, hieroglyphic characters’ seal has been broke. </span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Rosetta stone:</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPNz7aOiC9xnNbXMkCQ_xsDiqoQzkHrclBya6wkqH9tsSlmH0u7QHZoaGyEqOGSJikvtlbYGkH-nt026FuCINnjaN_L2pMiER1QxeUiccBGWgir6FCBafcXineh3Ror5XPvHvMNcPIV9h/s1600-h/Rosetta+Stone.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315364047791252578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPNz7aOiC9xnNbXMkCQ_xsDiqoQzkHrclBya6wkqH9tsSlmH0u7QHZoaGyEqOGSJikvtlbYGkH-nt026FuCINnjaN_L2pMiER1QxeUiccBGWgir6FCBafcXineh3Ror5XPvHvMNcPIV9h/s320/Rosetta+Stone.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Rosetta stone is a stele fragment from ancient Egyptian origin carrying three versions of the same text, in two languages (old Egyptian and old Greek) and three writing systems (hieroglyphic characters, demotic and Greek). The Rosetta stone was the key in the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphic by Jean-François Champollion in 1822. The Rosetta stone was discovered in the village of Rachid (Rosetta) in July 1799 during the Bonaparte campaign in Egypt. Since 1802, The Rosetta stone is exposed to the British Museum.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Tombs of Ancient Egypt:</span></strong><br /></span>Ancient Egyptians had funerary habits which, according to them, were necessary to ensure their immortality after death. Thesis rituals and protocols included mummification, casting of magic spells, and burial with specific goods thought to be needed in the afterlife. These rituals and protocols used by the ancient Egyptians evolved and old funerary habits were discarded and new ones adopted.<br /><br />According to the period and the social status of the dead, the tomb took a different aspect. We distinguish three types of tombs:<br />- Ancient Egypt Empire: mastabas (dignitaries), and pyramids (kings)<br />- Average/New Empire: hypogeans (population)<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">How to Mummify:</span></strong><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The mummification process is performed by the embalmers priests who are specialized and only allowed to carry out embalming (during mummification, the priests carry the Anubis mask). The body is washed with water or palm oil, then shaved and depilated. The mummification process itself begins four days after death and last 70 days over 5 phases:<br /><strong>1.</strong> The brain is removed with a long bronze hook introduced into the nostrils;<br /><strong>2.</strong> The internal organs are withdrawn from the body: intestines, stomach, liver and lungs are put in vases called canopic jars.<br /><strong>3.</strong> The body is dehydrated, filled with linens containing natron (salt) and aromatics. All the body is also covered with natron and exposed to the sun in a tank during 40 days.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong>4.</strong> After dehydration, the priests rub the body with myrrh, soften the skin with ointments (oils and resins), then they stuff the abdominal cavity with fabrics. The body is then rsewed.<br /><strong>5.</strong> The last operation which lasts 15 days is the wrapping of each member by fine flax strips impregnated with gum. Protective and magic amulets are placed at various places of the body, essential to support the rebirth. Toutankhamon was protected by a hundred amulets.<br /><br /><span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Ancient Egypt Canopic Jar:</span></strong></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">During the mummification process, the internal organs (intestines, stomach, liver and lungs) are withdrawn from the body and put in vases called canopic jars. The heart is left in place because required while the dead is judge by Osiris.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oPPVnNhytAun1pbk8bhAFg2bacmr0l3Ze5XShrkBhsiuscuPJSAVo2zxUUeWOc1RPyipymNaKEnNm3hxieEIe8hZogucBaZJEgb3XG9wTAvNVXCjuEugbS9mEv5nNnlbDBHtEktkUVns/s1600-h/Canopic+Jars.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIof3nVlh_Y7VTbtuJzSXbRul_M8tnN_sfqgH3ET_txwocxdpaL3TvFqhhtRLGiQMHlC2CCOsqTEmHGrk3PFONYZ3Kvf6uoyVHwav64r8FKzpV5E8Y6VE6XRAi8NA9CedmMHF0CkBOc7S/s1600-h/Canopic+Jars.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315368184565010290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIof3nVlh_Y7VTbtuJzSXbRul_M8tnN_sfqgH3ET_txwocxdpaL3TvFqhhtRLGiQMHlC2CCOsqTEmHGrk3PFONYZ3Kvf6uoyVHwav64r8FKzpV5E8Y6VE6XRAi8NA9CedmMHF0CkBOc7S/s320/Canopic+Jars.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Calcite and wood. From Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, 21st Dynasty, c.1069-945 BC. This set of jars belonged to the lady Neskhons, wife of the High Priest of Amun, Pinedjem II, and are inscribed with her name and numerous titles. The wooden lids are painted in brilliant colours and constitute one of the finesh collective images of the Sons of Horus. British Museum, London, UK.</span> </div></span></div></div>Mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09787981051750803636noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141164051428483458.post-85748655344597772522009-03-10T19:00:00.015-04:002009-04-13T14:49:38.235-04:00GoogleEarth Discovers the Lost City of Atlantide<span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The lost civilizations always fascinated me: sunken cities, ancient cities, ancient structures, cryptic hieroglyphics, and artwork. My interest grew more at college while I've been teached by a guy nourrishing a real passion toward ancient civilizations. One of the best teacher I had in my life.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Nowadays, information is travelling very fast and is easily available. But centuries ago, most of human beeings were unable to read nor write. For this simple reason, I believe that great knowledges from the past have been lost and are waiting to be discovered again. I dream to discover a lost map, revealing the lost location of a lost island.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This is why I created this blog: share the most intriguing mysteries of lost civilizations whith all of you, trying to put together clues of the possible true history of the greatest mankind's mysteries such as the ancient </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Egypt pyramids</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Nazca lines of Peru </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">lineas nazca</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">)</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Mayan calendars</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> (dec 2012 doomsday)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">location of the lost continent of </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Atlantis</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">underwater cities</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">(Cuba, Osaka)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Caribbean </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">underwater pyramids, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> lost mu.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Thanks to the power of the latest version of Google Earth, it is now possible to explore land and underwater structures</span></span>.</span></span> Helped with medium channeling of the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:times new roman;"><a href="http://akashicfield.blogspot.com/"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">akashic records</span></span></span></em></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span> such as</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span><a href="http://akashicfield.blogspot.com/"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Edgar Cayce</span></span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> </span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">readings on many topics like the history of Atlantis, it could be the beginning of a new era of multiple discoveries. Who knows?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="http://papundits.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/snn2005jjatlantisne_737370a1.jpg" /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; LINE-HEIGHT: 18px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Welcome to my blog!</span></span></span></span></span></div>Mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09787981051750803636noreply@blogger.com0