Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.Myer, Isaac
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Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
Myer, Isaac
Egypt -- Religion; Scarabaeus; Symbolism
Birth. The second, and resurrection from the dead, 89, Introd. vi.
_et seq._
Body. The, called Khat, 114.
Book of the Dead, Introd. xvi. _et seq._, 60, 66, 75, 76, 86, 92.
See, Dr. Samuel Birch, M. Paul Pierret, P. Le Renouf, M. Edouard Naville.
shows a hidden religious metaphysic, 68.
some chapters only inscribed on the winding-sheet of the mummy, 61.
Chapters relating to the Heart, 67 and Appendix A.
as to Khepra in it, 85. See, Khepra.
Edouard Naville's translation of, 146, Introd. xvii.
P. Le Page Renouf's translation of, 145 _et seq._, Introd. xviii.
Books. Ancient, 72.
Boort. Use of, and diamond dust, 31, 32.
_Buprestis._ The, held in estimation, 6.
Cakes. The sacrificial, Introd. ix., 152.
Cameo. Finest, in the world, 33, 34.
Cancer. Scarabæus anciently used in Egypt, to represent the zodiacal
sign now called, 12.
Carnelian. The XXIXB. chapter of the Book of the Dead, usually incised
on, 151.
Cartouch. Reason of the shape of the oval line around the, 14, 38, 39.
Cartouches. Royal, oval form of the, taken from the shape of the
underside of the scarabæus, 14, 38, 39.
Champions. The Divine, 149.
Chaos, 103, 107, 108, 112, 113.
Christ called the scarabæus of God, 63.
Christian scarabs, 63, 64.
Circle. The Divine, 150, 152, 153.
_Coprophagi._ Family of the, 4.
Corundum. Use of, in engraving hard stones, 31.
Cowroids are of the Hyksos period, 25.
Crab. Zodiacal sign of the, 12.
Creation, 99 _et seq._
Creator and created, 95, 99 _et seq._
Cricket. The Holy, Veneration of the natives of Madagascar for, 13.
Cross. Position held by of the Latin, as a symbol, 3, 95.
Latin and Greek, 95.
_Crux ansata_, an emblem of the Ka or vitality, 118.
Cylinders. Engraved, used in Egypt, 39, 40.
not an evidence from their use in Egypt that they came from Mesopotamia.
Dead. Book of the, See, Book of the Dead.
Death did not according to the Ancient Egyptian, destroy the
personality of man, 96.
The Second, 94, 96, 120, 121, 153.
Deities of Literature and Libraries, 70.
Deities. The, transformed, 94.
Deity. The Supreme, Ideas as to, in Ancient Egypt, Introd. xii., xiii.
The Highest, an androgene, 101, 102.
Diodorus Siculus, 75.
his writings cannot always be depended upon. _Ibid._
Division of the spiritual in man, 114 _et seq._
Double. The spiritual, called the Ka, 117. See, Ka.
Drills. Use of, in ancient times, in cutting hard precious and other
stones, 31.
Early Assyrian sealed contracts, 130 and note.
_Eidolon_, 118. See, Ka.
Egypt. Aborigines of the land of, Our knowledge of the, Introd. vii.
art in, six thousand years ago, 69.
its civilization six thousand years ago, 70.
Hebrews in, Introd. xiv.
ideas as to the Supreme Deity in Ancient, Introd. xii.
idolatry in, Introd. xii.
six thousand years ago, had a language, religion and writing, 69.
See, Introd.
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