I have a huge interest in ancient Egyptian times and the mummies and the kings and all that. — Brad Marchand Copy Share Image
I was taught about slavery, but it was the ancient Egyptians. That's the closest I got to African history. — Malachi Kirby Copy Share Image
The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
A fact bobbed up from my memory, that the ancient Egyptians prescribed walking through a garden as a cure for the mad.… — Paul Fleischman Copy Share Image
The ancient Egyptians had a superstitious antipathy to the sea; a superstition nearly of the same kind prevails among the Indians; and… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“the joy of having an omniscient superpower. It had no sympathy for anyone who didn’t speak Ancient Egyptian, whale, or Alpha Centaurian.… — Richard Roberts Copy Share Image
We're coming into a rebirth of the planet. And some cultures have echoed it, such as the Mayans have echoed that, and… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
“Scaling up the dimensions of the Great Pyramid's base by 7 multiples (chasing thereby the extent of 7 days) corresponds to a… — Ibrahim Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“The ancient Egyptian calendar is Precessionally Sexagesimal (Besides being theologically/decanally decimal). That means that the toggling between its "enhanced" Civil Calendar (i.e.,… — Ibrahim Ibrahim Copy Share Image
My parent's house, to be honest, is like a snail's disco. It's a fine house but my parents are very eccentric. Also… — Natasia Demetriou Copy Share Image
“The ancient Egyptian/Roman Judeo-Christian religion was based on witnessing death and resurrection of its god. The Osirian heritage were passed down to… — Ibrahim Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“The lurid descriptions of what lay between death and salvation conjure up a Hieronymus Bosch vision of hell, reflecting the universal horror… — Toby A.H. Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“At most, a hundred paces separated him from them. The powerful beast, seeing the riders and horses, rose on his fore paws… — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
In practice it is possible to determine directly the skin colour and hence the ethnic affiliations of the ancient Egyptians by microscopic… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
“Mars nudges the Earthlings -each two years period- into the precession of the equinoxes; a behavior which ancient Egyptians tried to tame… — Ibrahim Ibrahim Copy Share Image
MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“ Chicory (Cichorium intybus) The ancient Egyptians considered chicory a magical plant, capable of removing all obstacles as well as opening locks,… — Margot Berwin Copy Share Image
“The linear zodiac of Dendera is different from the circular one in that it emphasizes the cosmic role that Mars plays in… — Ibrahim Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“All of Nature follows perfectly geometric laws. The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Peruvian, Mayan, and Chinese cultures were well aware of this, as… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“The ancient Egyptians believed the god Anubis met each of us on the other side, and that he stood before a great… — Victor LaValle Copy Share Image
MUMMY, n. - an ancient Egyptian handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Because of some defect in my motor skill, I can never COMPLETELY wrap [gifts]…If I had been an ancient Egyptian in the… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Even gods decay. Like, in 1890 somebody sold off thousands of mummified Ancient Egyptian sacred cats - _for fertilizer_. Get the point?… — Jonathan Gash Copy Share Image
Women have been doing very, very strange things for centuries. I mean ancient Egyptians were already doing that, but I don't necessarily… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Now when the ancient Egyptians, awestruck and wondering, turned their eyes to the heavens, they concluded that two gods, the sun and… — Diodorus Siculus Copy Share Image
Sluggish and sedentary peoples, such as the Ancient Egyptians-- with their concept of an afterlife journey through the Field of Reeds-- project… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
In many traditions, hawks are sacred: Apollo's messengers for the Greeks, sun symbols for the ancient Egyptians and, in the case of… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
I have commanded that my [titulary] abide like the mountains; when the sun shines its rays are bright upon the titulary of… — Hatshepsut Copy Share Image
“I am your servant. I shall not be free. You will protect me; you will keep me safe; you will guard me.… — Ancient Egyptian slave contract Copy Share Image
Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The term Greek philosophy, to begin with is a misnomer, for there is no such philosophy in existence. The ancient Egyptians had… — George G.M. James Copy Share Image
“The two pillars of Freemasonry are Osirian in origin and none of them corresponds with the Sun; and yes, Freemasonry mistook one… — Ibrahim Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“How could you determine a man's intention if you didn't speak his language or share his beliefs? She'd happily embarked on a… — Enid Shomer Copy Share Image
“possibly, mrs. laird...i'd say. except he's dead, you see. well, not completely dead. he's more of a resurrected god. he judges mortal… — serpent's shadow Rick Riordan Copy Share Image