Religion Archive
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“An Iron Age Temple Dedicated to Lug?: The henge at Lismullin, County Meath”
Posted on April 19, 2013 | No CommentsThis paper suggests that this Iron Age enclosure may have been connected to worship of the Celtic God Lug. -
The failed reforms of Akhenaten and Muwatalli
Posted on April 2, 2013 | No CommentsThough Aten as a form of the Sun-god Re was venerated long before the ascent of Akhenaten, his ele- vation to a prominent status is clearly associated with the heretic king. There have been many attempts to detect the underlying causes for his avatar, but, as concluded by Barry Kemp, -
The Roman Empire: the Defender of Early First Century Christianity
Posted on April 2, 2013 | No CommentsContrary to expectations, the Roman Empire emerges from this examination as the protector (not persecutor) of early Christianity. Scripture from this time period reveals a peaceful relationship between the new faith and Roman authorities. -
The Subsidiary Temple of Nekhtnebef at Tell el-Balamun
Posted on March 28, 2013 | No CommentsThe subsidiary temple constructed by Nekhtnebef (Nectanebo I) as a barque-station on the cross-axis of the Amun-Temple at Tell el-Balamun has been the subject of excavation during various seasons of excavation at the site by the British Museum, most recently in Spring 2004. The accumulated understanding of the monument gained through this work is now sufficient to present some conclusions on its design and how it compares with other temples of the period. -
The Second Intermediate Period model coffin of Teti in the British Museum (EA 35016)
Posted on March 26, 2013 | No CommentsThis article publishes the model coffin British Museum EA 35016 bought in 1868 from the Robert J. Hay collection. It belongs to a military official called Teti and dates to the Second Intermediate Period. Its style of decoration with the high number of text columns on the long sides follows closely the full-scale coffins of the period found at Thebes and other places in Upper Egypt. The inscriptions with different spells spoken by gods are quite garbled but also have parallels on coffins of about the same period. -
The Egyptian Inscriptions at Jebel Dosha, Sudan
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsPending a more detailed survey of the site, I offer here, with the permission of NCAM, a few preliminary observations, with special reference to the Egyptian inscriptions. -
Little women: gender and hierarchic proportion in Old Kingdom mastaba chapels
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsIn an initial attempt to investigate what variations in comparative scale meant to the ancient Egyptians who created and viewed Egyptian art, I have considered the limited case of the wife represented with her husband in reliefs and paintings in his tomb chapel. -
Isocrates
Posted on March 9, 2013 | No CommentsThe main sources in Greek literature for the cult of Helen and/or Menelaus at Therapn? are Herodotus (6.61.3), Isocrates 10 (Encomium of Helen), and Pausanias (3.19.9-10). Isocrates is the one who speaks of joint-worship of Helen and Menelaus (10.63). -
Drugs and the Delphic Oracle
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsWere the priestesses of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi were intoxicated on gaseous fumes? -
The significance of leadership and organisation in the spread of Christianity
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsEarly Christianity, it is now believed by many scholars, wasa product of its time, a result rather than a cause of historical change
