This Week's Theme: Ridiculous Adsusing Ancient References (Though it helps if you're an arrogant jerk!)(I've heard of white-washing history, but that's ridiculous!)("Will you be super-sizing that?")(Because pimple creams and ancient mysteries go so well together!) … [Read more...] about Friday Funnies–Ancient Style
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Fun Fact: Egyptians Hated Body Hair
Or, at least, it sure seemed that way--especially since they had so many tools to help them get rid of it. The most popular: razors and tweezers, which look very much like our own.Priests were said to shave their entire bodies--including eyebrows. Men and women shaved their heads--some say in order to keep lice away. Egyptians wouldn't dare enter a temple with stubble of any … [Read more...] about Ancient Fun Fact: Egyptians Hated Body Hair
Write Your Name in Hieroglyphics
That's my full name up there in ancient Egypian hieroglyphics! Thanks to World History Teacher's Blog for the heads-up and link.The site allows you to type in your name so that you can see what your name looks like in the Egyptian "picture-writing." Just remember, you read hieroglyphics INTO the faces of the animals depicted. So here, it would be left to right.On one of the Old … [Read more...] about Write Your Name in Hieroglyphics
Sleeping Mummies and Magical Dolls
Today, I toured a group of second and third-grade students through the Carlos Museum's Egyptian galleries. We started with our new exhibit, "Life and Death in the Pyramid Age" and my favorite mummy of all time, our sleeping beauty:Isn't he just magnificent? He really looks like he's about to sit up, swing his legs over and walk out, doesn't he? At 4,000 years old, this guy was … [Read more...] about Sleeping Mummies and Magical Dolls
Ancient Fun Fact: A Real Egyptian Love Spell!
The ancient Egyptians weren't afraid to be, uhm, long-winded when it came to casting spells. Check this out--a real love spell found on a papyrus, from a man wanting a woman to fall in love with him.It's a spell from the Greek period, around or before the time my novel's main character, Cleopatra Selene, lived in Egypt.Also interesting: It's an appeal to the god ANUBIS, rather … [Read more...] about Ancient Fun Fact: A Real Egyptian Love Spell!
