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By MagnusApollo at February 3, 2006 - 10:54pm | Ancient Mysteries This is a very impressive statue that I saw in the Cairo Museum of Antiquities. Mind you this place looked like a huge warehouse rather than a museum... There were sarcaphogi in rows all down the hallways. People were walking around them, sitting on them, and resting their bags on them. it was dark in there, so most photos didn't turn out without a flash... and there is a rule of no flashes in there (cameras confiscated if you used it.) So, when no one was looking I snagged a couple pics here and there. This one I really liked. It showed what egyptians thought of as ying and yang, and where western society came up with the idea of the little angle and devil on your shoulder. link: sculpture The person in the middle is the pharoah, the person on his right is Horace (eagle head) and on his left is Set (the ardvark esque head). Horace is known for the light and good. Set is the dark and the god of death seen as bad. (anubis is the guardian of the dead he was the person that helped those that died through life) This is about 6 feet tall and very impressive. A little thing I wondered about was.. the pharoah seemed to be stepping forward with his left foot, which is the side that set is on. I know that the gods are also stepping with their left foot, but in a carving of a pharoah, that is kinda unusual, since most times it shows the feet straight together. Maybe the sculpture was trying to say that the pharoah leans or is leading towards bad... hmm.. just an idea. Also... there were similar carvings depicting the same thing. All times Set is on the left of the figure. I couldn't help but think that the left is known as the sinister (latin word for left is derived from the same root) in early cultures in europe. It seems that it was the same way in egypt. Just a weird coincidence??? I really don't think there is coincidence anymore. Just wanted to share |
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