Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East, mythology, goddesses, monsters, etc. My goal is to accurately label every post: please tell me if you see something that's not correctly attributed, tagged, or captioned. I am also ikhet-sekhmet.livejournal.com.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
A rather curious section of the funerary papyrus of the Chantress of Amon Henuttawy - Third Intermediate Period, 1069-747 BCE
British MuseumThese religious images include an image of the earth god Geb’s oral masturbation as a representation of his self-sustaining fecundity.
The funerary papyrus of an unknown individual, from the Szépművészeti Múzeum in Budapest.
(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
The mounds of the underworld, a coda sometimes appended to the book of the dead. (If you look closely, you’ll see He Who Watches What He Would Seize.)
2006_0610_111847AA by Hans Ollermann on Flickr.
And again, the ninth mound’s master, He Who Watches What He Would Seize.
2008_0610_152547AA Egyptian Museum, Turin by Hans Ollermann on Flickr.
The crocodilian inhabitant of the ninth mound of the underworld.
Art Deco Egypt travel poster via ebay
Cats literally can’t see what’s right under their noses.
Scenes from the Fourth Division of the Book of Amduat, as seen in the tomb of Tuthmose III, and the same scenes as depicted in E. A. Wallace Budge’s book The Egyptian Heaven and Hell.
You can never have too many snakes with hats.
Eight in The Name Of The Doctor at 1:07
For my wife, who blinked and missed it.
… as did I!