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Welcome to my Courtyard. Here I conduct my social activities at AncientWorlds and in Egypt. You can leave me a message on my personal message board or take a look at my friends list. Soon you will be able to check my calendar of events as well.
People seem to wonder about my name: Neseret Sekhmet. This is actually an appellation for the feline goddess Sekhmet, with the word "neseret" (Egyptian: /nsr.t/) meaning "she of flame."
This epithet for the goddess goes back to the New Kingdom myth of the Destruction of Mankind, where the goddess Sekhmet was said to shoot flaming arrows into mankind to destroy them. This probably indicates Sekhmet's attribute to bring on fevers and plague.
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Online Resources For Egyptology, Nov 25, 2006 - 07:57
Reilable and accurate Egyptological resources online are often difficult to find. Here is a copy of the Egyptology Resources links for students of the University of Oxford, England, created by Katherine Griffis-Greenberg, updated as of Nov. 25, 2006.
Horemheb's Heir?, Nov 25, 2006 - 07:47
Does the statue triad JE 37605 of the Cairo Museum hold new information about the post-Amarna lives of Egyptian kings Tutankhamun and Horemheb, in their quest for a successor? This article explains the implications of this statue group.
The Coffin of The She-Cat of Crown Prince Thutmose ("Thutmose V"), Nov 20, 2006 - 13:01
The Egyptian love of cats is best exemplified by the poignant example of the New Kingdom coffin of The She-Cat, the pet cat of Crown Prince Thutmose, eldest son of Amenhotep III, found in Mit-Rahineh in 1892. Here, the coffin is described from an Egyptological point of view, and provides also a colourful rendering of its glyphs, with translation. (© 2006 Katherine Griffis-Greenberg)
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