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3D digital and printed replicas of various ancient Egyptian antiquities, from statues and busts to coffins, stelas and other magical objects, are becoming increasingly popular on the web as well as in museums, but some issues and... more
3D digital and printed replicas of various ancient Egyptian antiquities, from statues and busts to coffins, stelas and other magical objects, are becoming increasingly popular on the web as well as in museums, but some issues and challenges related to replicas and copies in the study and fruition of the ancient Egyptian heritage remain, which include difficult questions of intellectual property rights and accessibility of the virtual platforms where the replicas are shared. The 3D models of the ancient Egyptian coffins produced for the "Book of the Dead in 3D" project housed at the University of California, Berkeley, will be taken as a case-study to analyze and discuss those issues. Given the importance of annotations on 3D models of an inscribed artifact such as an ancient Egyptian coffin, this article will also discuss the materiality of the text and its
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3D visualizations of heritage objects such as ancient Egyptian coffins can be better used for general and specialistic studies if they also provide annotations. This paper presents the system of annotations developed for the "Book of the... more
3D visualizations of heritage objects such as ancient Egyptian coffins can be better used for general and specialistic studies if they also provide annotations. This paper presents the system of annotations developed for the "Book of the Dead in 3D Project," which applies photogrammetry and digital annotations to coffins and sarcophagi produced in the 1st millennium bce. The annotated models of the project include the transcription, translation and transliteration of the magical texts inscribed on the coffins, which can be interactively read by the user while navigating the 3D model.
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... | Ayuda. Il libro del Morti di Gatseshen. Autores: R. Lucarelli; Localización: Aegyptus: Rivista italiana di egittologia e di papirologiat, ISSN 0001-9046, Vol. 82, Nº 1-2, 2002 , pags. 81-92. © 2001-2011 Universidad de La Rioja ·... more
... | Ayuda. Il libro del Morti di Gatseshen. Autores: R. Lucarelli; Localización: Aegyptus: Rivista italiana di egittologia e di papirologiat, ISSN 0001-9046, Vol. 82, Nº 1-2, 2002 , pags. 81-92. © 2001-2011 Universidad de La Rioja · Todos los derechos reservados. XHTML 1.0; UTF‑8.
Magicians are powerful figures in ancient literatures. Although they are generally described as human, they can reach and share supernatural powers thanks to their secret, restricted knowledge of the written spells and for their skills in... more
Magicians are powerful figures in ancient literatures. Although they are generally described as human, they can reach and share supernatural powers thanks to their secret, restricted knowledge of the written spells and for their skills in performing rituals. Magicians can be priests, wise men, local ritual experts, tricksters, outsiders or shamanic personalities, depending from the audience they address and their cultural and religious context. This paper will discuss the multifaceted role of magician in the ancient Egyptian society through the evidence given mainly by literary sources as well as by a number of non-literary spells and materia magica. Questions of definition and terminology employed in the sources to describe a magician will be taken into consideration, as well as the issue of gender and of the almost total lack of evidence for "witches" as a complementary literary figure in ancient Egypt.
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In ancient Egyptian religion, the donkey is generally associated to Seth and to its manifestation as a donkey and in the Graeco-Egyptian papyri Seth and the donkey are also commonly identified with Typhon. However, in a few spells the... more
In ancient Egyptian religion, the donkey is generally associated to Seth and to its manifestation as a donkey and in the Graeco-Egyptian papyri Seth and the donkey are also commonly identified with Typhon. However, in a few spells the donkey occurs as a ritual and sacrificial animal, not necessarily in relation to the god Seth but just as an example of materia magica. In this article, on the basis of Betz's English translation of the Graeco-Egyptian magical papyri, those spells of the PGM corpus, where the mention of the donkey or of parts of its body and fluids occurs, are listed and discussed in relation to the magical and ritual meaning of the donkey/ass within the PGM. In particular, two thematic groups of spells will be distinguished: those where the donkey is clearly associated to the Egyptian god Seth and the Greek Typhon, and those where the animal seems to be only an example of " material magica " .
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In: J-C. Goyon and C. Cardin (eds.). Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble, 6-12 September 2004. OLA 150. Paris. Vol. I, 1181-1186.
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This essay provides a general introduction to demonology in antiquity as well as a focus on ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. It is also meant as an introduction to those papers which were originally presented at the international conference... more
This essay provides a general introduction to demonology in antiquity as well as a focus on ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. It is also meant as an introduction to those papers which were originally presented at the international conference titled “Evil Spirits, Monsters and Benevolent Protectors: Demonology in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia,” held on April 23, 2012 at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University, contained in the first section of this volume. Questions of the definition and function of demons in ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations are raised and discussed in light of a comparative approach to the study of ancient religions.
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The Book of the Dead of Gautseshen,(Cairo JE 95838; hereafter called P. Gautseshen) was composed in the Twenty-first Dynasty for a daughter of the High Priest of Amun, Menkheperra. This document is still one of the best known Book of the... more
The Book of the Dead of Gautseshen,(Cairo JE 95838; hereafter called P. Gautseshen) was composed in the Twenty-first Dynasty for a daughter of the High Priest of Amun, Menkheperra. This document is still one of the best known Book of the Dead of the Twenty ...
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Modern Western societies regard reason as the ultimate source and test of knowledge and look upon science as the primary arbiter of rationality. This is the result of an intellectual attitude that became mainstream during the age of the... more
Modern Western societies regard reason as the ultimate source and test of knowledge and look upon science as the primary arbiter of rationality. This is the result of an intellectual attitude that became mainstream during the age of the Enlightenment (late seventeenth-late eighteenth centuries). Towards the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, scholars discussed the relationship between science, religion, and magic. For example, for Sir James George Frazer, one of the founding fathers of modern anthropology, human belief evolved from primitive magic to religion to science.
This course will explore magic as an experimental science within the learned traditions of civilizations that we consider as fundamental for a modern Western identity: from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome to the medieval and early modern Middle East, Byzantium, and Europe. The primary sources used for this exploration will be texts on demons, magic, divination, and the sophisticated philosophical background to such beliefs. In addition, archeological remains pertinent to these practices such as talismans, amulets, and other magical objects will be discussed.
This course will explore magic as an experimental science within the learned traditions of civilizations that we consider as fundamental for a modern Western identity: from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome to the medieval and early modern Middle East, Byzantium, and Europe. The primary sources used for this exploration will be texts on demons, magic, divination, and the sophisticated philosophical background to such beliefs. In addition, archeological remains pertinent to these practices such as talismans, amulets, and other magical objects will be discussed.
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An international collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Catania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxmIZ4nLaRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxmIZ4nLaRc
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EGYPTIAN AND JEWISH MAGIC IN ANTIQUITY
Contexts, Contacts, Continuities and Comparisons
A Collaborative International Conference in Ancient Magic
Bonn University, 5-9 July
http://www.ejma.uni-bonn.de/program-and-speakers
Contexts, Contacts, Continuities and Comparisons
A Collaborative International Conference in Ancient Magic
Bonn University, 5-9 July
http://www.ejma.uni-bonn.de/program-and-speakers
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New Website for a project on the 3D visualizations of coffins. Under construction - coffin editions, annotations and more technical documentation to be added soon. Downloadable 3D models in pdf.
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Conferenza sull'egittomania
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International workshop, LMU Munich, 3 – 5 July 2018
A workshop of the Graduate School Distant Worlds (GSDW) and the program “LMU - UCB Research in the Humanities”.
A workshop of the Graduate School Distant Worlds (GSDW) and the program “LMU - UCB Research in the Humanities”.
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The Book of the Dead in 3D coffins projects
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The conference is hosted by the Institute of Archaeology (UCL) and the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley). With special thanks to the conference team: Rachel Barnas (University of California, Berkeley),... more
The conference is hosted by the Institute of Archaeology (UCL) and the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley).
With special thanks to the conference team: Rachel Barnas (University of California, Berkeley), Beatrice De Faveri (University of California, Berkeley), Walid Elsayed (Sohag University), Maysa Kassem (Fayum University), Jason Silvestri (University of California, Berkeley).
The conference will be live-streamed on Thursday18, Friday 19 and Saturday 20, November 2021
With special thanks to the conference team: Rachel Barnas (University of California, Berkeley), Beatrice De Faveri (University of California, Berkeley), Walid Elsayed (Sohag University), Maysa Kassem (Fayum University), Jason Silvestri (University of California, Berkeley).
The conference will be live-streamed on Thursday18, Friday 19 and Saturday 20, November 2021