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26. Find at least two examples of the complex way in which Egyptians viewed the relationship of spiritual and material. | 26. Find at least two examples of the complex way in which Egyptians viewed the relationship of spiritual and material. | ||
| − | + | -"Father will only confine her to her chamber. True repentance is attained through sacrifice." | |
"Then we're but helping Isis to sail on the route to divine order and rightness as a servant of Maat," Bener said with great solemnity. | "Then we're but helping Isis to sail on the route to divine order and rightness as a servant of Maat," Bener said with great solemnity. | ||
Kysen patted his sister's arm. "True, and to help her keep on a righteous course, I'll give all her trinkets to the women at Ese's tavern." | Kysen patted his sister's arm. "True, and to help her keep on a righteous course, I'll give all her trinkets to the women at Ese's tavern." | ||
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-"May Amun protect you on your journey." | -"May Amun protect you on your journey." | ||
"And may the storm god bless your fate, Egyptian. The next time we meet won't be in some gold-encrusted audience chamber but on a battlefield." | "And may the storm god bless your fate, Egyptian. The next time we meet won't be in some gold-encrusted audience chamber but on a battlefield." | ||
| − | -Thus, when Meren went to the palace, he sought the king in the royal chapel, not knowing for certain if he would find the living god in his appointed duties or off on some unexpected excursion with the court in a frenzy of alarm. Luckily, he arrived just as Tutankhamun emerged from the dark inner chamber that held the altar and the sacred shrine in which the image of the king of the gods, Amun, was kept. Only the king and priests of the highest rank were allowed in this chapel. | + | |
| − | -Thus addressed, Meren straightened. He didn't expect what he saw. Tutankhamun's skin had been painted in gold with magical signs of warding, protective symbols, an idea that probably had come from the magician priests. He held a golden net such as would be used to catch harmful spirits in a magical ceremony. | + | -"Thus, when Meren went to the palace, he sought the king in the royal chapel, not knowing for certain if he would find the living god in his appointed duties or off on some unexpected excursion with the court in a frenzy of alarm. Luckily, he arrived just as Tutankhamun emerged from the dark inner chamber that held the altar and the sacred shrine in which the image of the king of the gods, Amun, was kept. Only the king and priests of the highest rank were allowed in this chapel." |
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| + | -"Thus addressed, Meren straightened. He didn't expect what he saw. Tutankhamun's skin had been painted in gold with magical signs of warding, protective symbols, an idea that probably had come from the magician priests. He held a golden net such as would be used to catch harmful spirits in a magical ceremony." | ||
Each example chosen demonstrates the complex way in which Egyptians viewed the relationship of spiritual and material. | Each example chosen demonstrates the complex way in which Egyptians viewed the relationship of spiritual and material. | ||
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26. Find at least two examples of the complex way in which Egyptians viewed the relationship of spiritual and material.
-"Father will only confine her to her chamber. True repentance is attained through sacrifice."
"Then we're but helping Isis to sail on the route to divine order and rightness as a servant of Maat," Bener said with great solemnity.
Kysen patted his sister's arm. "True, and to help her keep on a righteous course, I'll give all her trinkets to the women at Ese's tavern."
-"May Amun protect you on your journey."
"And may the storm god bless your fate, Egyptian. The next time we meet won't be in some gold-encrusted audience chamber but on a battlefield."
-"Thus, when Meren went to the palace, he sought the king in the royal chapel, not knowing for certain if he would find the living god in his appointed duties or off on some unexpected excursion with the court in a frenzy of alarm. Luckily, he arrived just as Tutankhamun emerged from the dark inner chamber that held the altar and the sacred shrine in which the image of the king of the gods, Amun, was kept. Only the king and priests of the highest rank were allowed in this chapel."
-"Thus addressed, Meren straightened. He didn't expect what he saw. Tutankhamun's skin had been painted in gold with magical signs of warding, protective symbols, an idea that probably had come from the magician priests. He held a golden net such as would be used to catch harmful spirits in a magical ceremony."
Each example chosen demonstrates the complex way in which Egyptians viewed the relationship of spiritual and material.
