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A Long Walk Off a Short Pyramid

Dr. Ben Carson has been the subject of much mockery for a lot of reasons, but one of the most prominent is that he thought Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. Apparently he didn’t even make this up; it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Cartoons, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Futurama, History, Judaism, Middle East, Religion, Science, Television | Tagged antiquities of the jews, charles piazzi smith, dr. ben carson, egypt, exodus, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, great pyramid, james taylor, jesus, joseph, karel drbal, new age, noah, pharaoh, pi, pyramids, ramesses ii of egypt, seth, the ten commandments, thuban |

The Man with the Talking Ass

No, not Jim Carrey, but Balaam, a character who appears in the Biblical book of Numbers. Basically, the story has it that Balaam, who was essentially a curse-speaker for hire, was ordered by King Balak of Moab to curse the … Continue reading →

Posted in Judaism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged balaam, bible, donkeys, jannes and jambres, jethro, job, king balak of moab, moses, numbers, pharaoh |

Night of the Nebti

As you may well know, the country we now know as Egypt was created when two separate kingdoms, known as the Upper and Lower Kingdoms, were united under one ruler. As both kingdoms had their own deities, many of these … Continue reading →

Crocodile, with the Jaded Jealous Smile

Considering all the craziness going out in Egypt as of late, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight an Egyptian deity this week. I have to suspect it’s Set who’s behind the whole thing, what with his being the … Continue reading →

Posted in Discworld, Egyptian, Mythology, Terry Pratchett | Tagged al fayyum, amon, arsinoe, crocodiles, crocodilopolis, horus, mummies, nun, offler, pharaoh, ra, set, sobek |

Will the Real Horus Please Stand Up?

One of the major gods of the Olympian pantheon is Horus, perhaps more accurately rendered as Heru. The fact that most of what we know about ancient Egypt was filtered through Greek first gives us a lot of extra S’s, … Continue reading →

Posted in Egyptian, Kane Chronicles, Mythology, Rick Riordan | Tagged falcon, geb, heru, horus, isis, nut, osiris, pharaoh, ra, set |