Amazing hieroglyphics in an Egyptian temple seem to depict ancient light bulbs. Could this be proof that the Ark of the Covenant produced electric power?
For all updates on the progress of my first CD album, \"KING DAVID\'S LYRE; ECHOES OF ANCIENT ISRAEL\", please visit my Myspace website :http://www.myspace.com/jubalslyre An ancient Egyptian melody,from about 1400BC!! It was deciphered from illustrations on a tomb painting of a Banquet Scene found at Thebes - the specific hand gestures of the individuals depicted in this scene were found to be an example of an ancient system of musical notation often used in antiquity, called called \"Chironomy\"; this is a system of hand gestures which were used, to denote both the pitch and ornamentation of a melody.This ancient lost art is discussed at length in this fascinating article:http://www.rakkav.com/biblemusic/pages/chironomy.htmThe Theban Banquet Scene shows a scene of four rows of seated guests preparing to attend a banquet, with the guests on the left of each row displaying these chironomy signs, depicting the melody being played by the musicians on the sitting on the right. The scale used was taken from a three-holed Egyptian vertical flute, still in a playable condition.It was also by means of deciphering the written transcriptions of another system of chironomy signs known as \"Te Amim\" which were used in ancient Israel, that Suzanne Haik-Vantoura finally deciphered the original, 3000 year old melodies attached to the Hebrew text of the Bible - which can now ALSO can be heard on another Youtube! (This fascinating channel is called \"teamim\").In my arrangement of the melody, I have used many lyre-playing techniques also used in antiquity - finger-stopping the strings & strumming rythm,using plectrum for tremelo accomaniment,glissandos and simple chordal accompaniment in the left hand, whilst the meldoy is being plucked with a plectrum in the right hand. I learnt this melody from an amazing recording, \"Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians & Greeks\", by \"The Enemble De Organographia\".Enjoy my many little musical adventures in \"Time Travel\", to the very dawn of civilization, when the Pharaohs still ruled ancient Egypt! [More] [Less]
ImmortalityDeath is not the end. It is not even the beginning. It is merely an illusion. Heaven and earth will pass away, but existence is all there is; it cannot pass away. We know not the form that we will take, but we will be transformed with the renewal of life in the ever more perfect state of spiritual evolution. Love your life, and that of every creature; hold it dear, for that, and not the vessel of clay which you perceive in the mirror, is who you really are. Know yourself and love yourself, and love the Creator with your whole being. Do this, and you will not taste death. [More] [Less]
This is a video analysis of an Ancient Egyptian clay mould. This video was made as part of a project for CLE214 - Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Material Culture at UWS, Swansea.The video features music by Iced Earth
ImmortalityDeath is not the end. It is not even the beginning. It is merely an illusion. Heaven and earth will pass away, but existence is all there is; it cannot pass away. We know not the form that we will take, but we will be transformed with the renewal of life in the ever more perfect state of spiritual evolution. Love your life, and that of every creature; hold it dear, for that, and not the vessel of clay which you perceive in the mirror, is who you really are. Know yourself and love yourself, and love the Creator with your whole being. Do this, and you will not taste death. [More] [Less]
The sublime treasures of Tutaknhamun are an icon of Egypt. How ever many times I see them I always am gobsmacked by their beauty and the amazing craftsmanship.
This video shows the video that will be show when you finish the Wonder Great Lighthouse in Civilization IV. ------------------------------------------------- The Great Lighthouse Cost: 200 Culture: 6 Great People Points: 2 Requires: Masonry, lighthouse, coastal city Expires: Corporation +2 trade routes in all coastal cities City more likely to generate Great Merchant Can only be built on Classical and earlier starts [More] [Less]
The Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, burial site of the famous Pharaohs. Combination of video and still images as video was not permitted in the Valley at the time we went-
GoAhead Tours Egypt March 5 16, 2009 Day 1 - Giza & the Pyramids Board your overnight flight to Egypt. Day 2 - Giza & the Pyramids Touch down in Cairo. A Go Ahead representative meets you at the airport and accompanies you on the transfer to Giza. Enjoy an included welcome dinner. Day 3 - Giza & the Pyramids Your tour director, a professional Egyptologist, is an expert in the history and anthropology of the regions youll visit. Today, your tour director leads a fascinating tour of ancient Egypt. Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramids of Giza is the only one to have survived to the modern era, and your tour introduces you to the three pyramids here: the stunning Great Pyramid of Cheops, pyramid of Khafre and pyramid of Menkaure. Then visit the enigmatic Sphinx, made up of a lions body, human face and royal beard. Continue to Saqqara, site of the Step Pyramid of Zoser, and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt that predated Cairo by more than 3,500 years. Day 4 - Giza & the Pyramids Enjoy a free day in Giza or join an optional excursion to mysterious Alexandria (weather permitting), ancient site of the lost library and capital of Alexander the Great\'s Egypt. Visit Egypt\'s second-largest city where relics date back as far as the 2nd century. Visit the new Alexandria library, the Roman Amphitheater plus other Egyptian treasures. Day 5 - Nile River Cruise Fly to Luxor for the start of your Nile cruise. Spend the day touring the Nile\'s West Bank. Your tour director/Egyptologist leads you to the secluded Valley of the Kings, a series of tombs hidden in the Theban Hills. This \"Place of Truth,\" as the ancient Egyptians called it, is the location of the tombs of Pharaohs Tutankhamun and Ramses. You\'ll enter a few of the tombs for a tour. Then visit and tour the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, devoted to one of the few female pharaohs. Also, view the 64-foot-high Colossi of Memnon and tour the Valley of Nobles, whose temples depict amazing scenes of daily Egyptian life. Day 6 - Nile River Cruise This morning, visit theTemples of Karnak and Luxor, built on ancient Thebes and long considered two of the worlds richest archaeological treasures. Then relax onboard as you sail towards Edfu. Day 7 - Nile River Cruise Dock in Edfu and begin the day with a visit to the Temple of Horus, the second-largest temple in Egypt and one of the best-preserved. Next, voyage to the Temple of Kom Ombo. On your guided tour, look at the amazing Roman reliefs of medical instruments, proof that Egyptian medicine was already a sophisticated science nearly 2,000 years ago. Day 8 - Nile River Cruise Tour the Aswan Dam, one of the greatest engineering projects of the 20th century. Also view the Temple of Isis at Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk, once destined to be the largest structure of worked stone in the world. Day 9 - Aswan Your cruise ends this morning. After disembarkation, take a felucca (traditional Egyptian sailboat) ride past Elephantine Island, which takes its name from the granite rocks resembling elephants bathing in the river. Also view the mausoleum of Agha Khan. Day 10 - Cairo Opt for a half-day excursion to Abu Simbel and the magnificent Temple of Ramses II. In Abu Simbel, visit the Temples of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari, which were relocated block by block to make way for the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Day 11 - Cairo Today, your tour director/Egyptologist leads a comprehensive sightseeing tour of historic and modern Cairo. The citys spectacular mosques, of which there are more than 500, display some of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in the world. Visit the Citadel and Mohammed Ali (Alabaster) Mosque. Also visit the Egyptian Antiquities Museum, housing the famous masks of Tutankhamun. You might also choose to join an optional lunch in Cairo. Day 12 - Cairo Transfer to the airport for an early morning departure, or journey to Sinai for our beach resort extension. EgyptFindley Daniel Findley Raleigh, NC [More] [Less]
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