Hi all, I am not the manager of this mailing list and do not wish to take over the role. But, I would like to keep this alive as I would very much like to...
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Tropics18@...
Aug 11, 1999 8:16 am
Hey Wendy! I just got my computer back from whatever vacation it took.I don't think this list is gonna become too big or talkative. You could try another list...
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kmilcsik.agnes@...
Aug 11, 1999 1:30 pm
Hi everbody, I subscribed to this group a couple of weeks ago but I did not have time to be an active member. As I see you could guys and gals could be in the...
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kmilcsik.agnes@...
Aug 11, 1999 1:41 pm
Me and a friend of mine are about to start an egyptology site in the near future (hopefully). I am very curious what you would like to see on an egyptology...
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kmilcsik.agnes@...
Aug 11, 1999 1:53 pm
As I see our vault is almost empty. I have some pics which I am ready to share. If there is any interest I could put on examples of pics I will have on my own...
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Tropics18@...
Aug 11, 1999 9:23 pm
Hey hey! I think that anything about their religion would be interesting, the mummification process, or about the lives of pharoahs. I haven't been to the ...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 12, 1999 3:40 am
Hi ESzAH *wink* After visiting so many ancient egypt (AE)-theme sites, it strikes me that no site actually talks about or gives reviews on the fiction books ...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 12, 1999 5:02 am
ESzAH, I will! As long as I get the uploading function working. :-) I have already done the groundwork on the copyright yadda yadda.... wendy ...
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Tropics18@...
Aug 12, 1999 6:15 am
Hey all! I am reading a book now by Anne Rice called The Mummy Or Ramses The Damned. It is about Ramses, pretty much. I'm on page 175 now out of 398. ...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 13, 1999 5:26 am
My all-time favourite is "River God" by Wilbur Smith and the sequel "the Seventh Scroll". The novel is set in the hykoso times of AE and it is truely...
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kmilcsik.agnes@...
Aug 13, 1999 7:53 am
My favourite books (for information and pleasure): My all-time favourite is a Hungarian book - I don't know whether you can find it in English: Zsuzsa...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 13, 1999 11:57 am
I have uploaded some of my favourite AE pictures to share with you. But, sorry that I have to say this: these are not my creation, so please use them for...
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wildcat
wildcat@...
Aug 13, 1999 9:33 pm
Hello Wendy I'm curious as to where I can go and view these pictures. I didn't receive any attachments. Thanks Wildcat ... From: wendykyl@......
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Tropics18@...
Aug 13, 1999 9:40 pm
Try egroups-I haven't gone yet, but click on vault. Heather...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 14, 1999 4:50 am
Heather is right. You need to go to the egroup at http://www.egroups.com/group/ancient_egypt/ Then click on the vault, under the picture directory. :-) wendy...
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wildcat
wildcat@...
Aug 15, 1999 12:20 am
Does anyone know the actual origins of the ANKH? Where the symbol came from before it was accepted as an egyptian symbol? Thanks Wildcat ... From:...
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wildcat
wildcat@...
Aug 15, 1999 12:20 am
Thank you kindly. Wildcat ... From: wendykyl@... <wendykyl@...> To: ancient_egypt@eGroups.com <ancient_egypt@eGroups.com> Date: Saturday,...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 16, 1999 1:58 am
Not much was known about the events during the early dynasties (0-2). But, the tombs of the early pharaohs in Abydos and Saqqara (?) have subsidiary burial...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 17, 1999 1:50 am
Hi everyone, Since we have started on reviewing and recommending books related to AE, it gives me an idea to start a database on Book Reviews. I have already...
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kmilcsik.agnes@...
Aug 17, 1999 6:30 am
More books: A. Rosalie David: The Egyptian Kingdoms Very good summary on the Egyptian culture with good pix. Christine Deroches-Noblecourt: Tutenhamon Gives a...
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kmilcsik.agnes@...
Aug 17, 1999 7:46 am
Rumours have been circulating since the very first excavations about rituals of the AE that required human sacrifice but here let me put down that NO PROOF has...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 17, 1999 8:23 am
Thanks ESzaH for the concise explanation of the early burial. About the human sacrifice, it is also my belief that AEgyptians are not a morbid lot but a very...
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Tropics18@...
Aug 17, 1999 7:10 pm
Ya know, I made this list so I could stand back and *listen*. That's why you haven't heard from HPeac917, that account was cancelled and I have no idea how to...
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ruthhkenyon@...
Aug 18, 1999 2:32 pm
As a number of you are on the Vosloo list this is sort of related to both. Did anyone notice in The Mummy film when Jonathan gets attacked by the scarab the...
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kmilcsik.agnes@...
Aug 19, 1999 7:00 am
Honestly I did not notice that it was a perfect replika but I saw that it was sort of an Amarna-style description. I don't know how the hell it could appear in...
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Ruth kenyon
ruthhkenyon@...
Aug 19, 1999 8:09 am
It gets worse I'm afraid. I was doing a spot of hieroglyphic translation last night; my hieroglyphics into English isn't bad, I'm not so good at (can hardly ...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 20, 1999 8:36 am
Hi Ruth, Great to hear that you are into hieroglyphs. I am also learning too. I did not attempt to translate any from the Mummy movie as I thought it would be...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 20, 1999 8:46 am
Here is a tip I would like to share. I pick it up from the Oriental Institute of Chicago. If you are interested to buy books on AE, please avoid all books ...
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wendykyl@...
Aug 20, 1999 9:20 am
Just to add on to my earlier post on Budge's books. Though the translations may be wrong, his books include good collections of AE hieroglyphic texts which are...
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Ruth kenyon
ruthhkenyon@...
Aug 20, 1999 9:45 am
I'm actually amazed at how well a person can get on with only a smattering of Hieroglyphs. The book I first read was Understanding Hieroglyphs : A Complete...
