This scarab has a hieroglyphic inscription on it saying that it was made for a deceased man named "Amenemhat." It was found within a large building at Rehob. Credit: Gabi Laron/Tel Rehov excavations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Posted on 07/28/2019 7:39:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
An inscribed ancient Egyptian scarab and five clay tablets with carvings of naked women have been found in Rehob, a 3,500-year-old city in Israel.
The carvings likely depict ancient fertility goddesses, such as Asherah or Ashtarte, Amihai Mazar, an archaeology professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, told Live Science. "[They] were used at home, as part of popular domestic religious practice in the domestic sphere, mainly related to fertility of women," Mazar said in an email, noting that similar carvings have been found at other archaeological sites in the region...
Made of a mineral called steatite, the scarab contains a hieroglyphic inscription saying that it was created for a deceased man named "Amenemhat," who was "scribe of the house of the overseer of sealed items," according to Arlette David's translation of the inscription.
The "sealed items" referred to in the title represent various products and raw materials dealt with by the administration," wrote David, an archaeology lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the appendix of the journal article.
It's a mystery who exactly this individual was and what the scarab was doing in the building where it was found. "Since there is no other attestation of an Amenemhat 'scribe of the house of the overseer of sealed items,' we don't know anything else about him, including where he was buried," David told Live Science in an email.
David noted that it's possible that Amenemhat never lived in or visited Rehob and the scarab may have been used in Rehob as a reminder of Egypt's control over the area.
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This scarab has a hieroglyphic inscription on it saying that it was made for a deceased man named "Amenemhat." It was found within a large building at Rehob. Credit: Gabi Laron/Tel Rehov excavations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
One of *those* topics. Dating's probably off.
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And they used a picture of me with my shirt off for birth control :)
Well, that certainly gets my motor running. :)
You were born, born to be wild.
These are some of the newer topics from Archaeologica that haven't yet been posted (that I know of):
In ancient Egypt, the contraceptive of choice was crocodile dung. Dried dung was inserted into the vagina, the idea being that it would soften as it reached body temperature to form an impenetrable barrier.
Ancient Porn
That rock?
I recommend that to all liberal women as an organic birth control.
You post great articles AND you’re not all there!!
Two things I love about your threads :)
As is customary, I always start off with (most of the time) a bad joke :).
But I LOVE your threads.
I spent HOURS and HOURS watching a show on yuutbue that step by step took apart the idea that aliens landed here.
The BEST part was finding out about DOZENS of structures I NEVER knew existed
And that in some cases, stones to build things weighed 800 TONS. That’s more than me!!
That’s 1.6 million pounds. Seems near impossible to move.
But i know nothing of that field so I guess humans were able to move them
I read this the other day. I like going to Grahamhancock.com and on one side of the site are all the news feeds pertaining to the history of mankind and such stuff.
Crocodiles are making a big comeback in the warm effluent waters around the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant, near Homestead, Florida. Could be a cottage industry in organic birth control.
That’s about the most gross thing I’ve heard in a while :)
Birth control contraptions go back a long way, I guess.
Why were “fertility cures” always aimed at the women? Didn’t they suspect that the man could be at fault?
“Keep this scarab rock with your porn. If your mom finds your stash, tell her you’re just being all religious and stuff.”
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