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Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ?
Author: Ahatmose ()
Date: October 04, 2012 03:15PM
Thanks for that Pete.

Yes using New Kingdom representations is like using today's images to picture what happened 2000 years ago, In reality useless.

Do any images exist from The Old Kingdom and indeed when was the first representation of a god carrying the ankh introduced to Egyptian art ?

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Don Barone



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How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 1283 Ahatmose 03-Oct-12 14:17
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 447 Ahatmose 03-Oct-12 14:35
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 459 Pete Vanderzwet 03-Oct-12 19:11
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 436 Ahatmose 04-Oct-12 15:15
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 570 Mr.Ward 05-Jun-13 12:30
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 437 eyeofhorus33 18-Sep-13 21:03
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 380 Zack956 02-Jun-13 23:29
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 424 Pete Vanderzwet 07-Jun-13 18:06
Ankh=Swastika=Comet Encke? 927 Absinthujone 08-Jun-13 10:59
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 401 WINDINWATERS 15-Jul-13 14:11
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 558 Hoppy 03-Jun-13 01:32
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 430 eyeofhorus33 03-Jun-13 19:30
Could The Ankh represent ... 370 Ahatmose 18-Sep-13 15:06
Could The Ankh represent ... something from Sumeria ? 2069 Ahatmose 18-Sep-13 22:19
Re: Could The Ankh represent ... something from Sumeria ? 545 Ahatmose 18-Sep-13 22:26
Re: Could The Ankh represent ... something from Sumeria ? 645 Skatha 24-Sep-13 15:56
Re: How many of The Old Kingdom gods carried the ankh ? 394 Ahatmose 19-Sep-13 00:22


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