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Ankh -- Weiterleben im Jenseits: wall relief, Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty, 1st/2nd c. B.C.: photo by Hedwig Storch, 2009
Ankh
if you believe in the Paranormal
if you believe in the Paranormal
Temple of Kom Ombo, 16 November, 1838: David Roberts, illustration in Egypt & Nubia, from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, lithography by Louis Haghe, London, 1845-1848
Weiterleben im Jenseits
Continue in the Afterlife (Beyond, Next World, Other Side, Hereafter)
The Ankh, reign of Hatshepsut, 1508-1438 B.C.: Royal Ontario Museum, photo by Pasitigris1, 2010
Religious
Loop amulet of the snake goddess
double edged ax
sacral knot
gods, lock my mummy into another life
along with three hundred crocodiles
Temple of Kom Ombo: David Roberts, 1848, in David Roberts' Egypt and Nubia, with drawings made on the spot, lithography by Louis Haghe, London, 1845-1848
The belt buckle of Isis
in gold
beaten to an airy thinness
as in a mirror
on the wall, multiple
reflections
intermingling
the images
this one
with that one
what words can't get a handle on
some physical tool or key
may be needed
Illuminated crux ansata (handled cross) on manuscript of New Testament (Acts 1:1-15:3) in Middle Egyptian dialect of Coptic, Codex Glazier, 4th/5th c. A.D..: photo by Leszek Janczuk, 2010
Camera Obscura
crux ansata
a peek around a corner into another world
Wall relief, Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty, 1st/2nd c. B.C.: photo by Hedwig Storch, 2009