The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . ablythen in image and not in reality. But from about1600 B. C. down to about 400 B. C. images of theservants were buried in the tombs; at first onlya few large and important figures, but afterwardsmany hundreds, degraded to mere lumps of mudabout 700 B. C, but starting again with finestatuettes at about 600 B. C. These are known asusliabtis, or answerers, as they had to answerfor the dea
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . ablythen in image and not in reality. But from about1600 B. C. down to about 400 B. C. images of theservants were buried in the tombs; at first onlya few large and important figures, but afterwardsmany hundreds, degraded to mere lumps of mudabout 700 B. C, but starting again with finestatuettes at about 600 B. C. These are known asusliabtis, or answerers, as they had to answerfor the dead when his name was called out fromthe roll of the corvee to work in Aalu. The third notion was that the dead joined thesun, and went through all the hours of day andnight with Ra, the sun-god. (2) Amulets and Charms. So far as purelypersonal religion can be traced, the belief in amu-lets and their magical effects was the most potentforce. In the old kingdom (3500 B. C.) amuletsof many kinds were worn; the sacred eyes ofhorses and the images of gods were the moretheologic, and continued in use till late times;while the clinched hand, the jackals head, andthe hornet were simple charms which did not hold. King Seti I Offering Wine Before Osiris. future as in the present world. Hence nearly allour examples are those found in the mummies intombs. The more social beliefs of the household seemto have been largely devoted to the worship andbenefit of the ancestors, as in China at the central hall of the house was a niche orrecess, usually in the western wall. This recesswas two or three feet wide, and with sometimes anarrower recess in the middle of it. A raised stepstood before it, or sometimes a platform with twoor three steps leading to it. The recess wasusually painted red, but in one case a painted sceneremains in it, showing an ancestor come forthfrom his tomb as a ka of human form, and a baor human-headed bird. Both ka and ba are ador-ing the tree goddess, who gives
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