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  1. #AncientEgyptian princesses were ‘powerful’ weapon users, new analysis suggests

    These findings challenge a long-held belief about weapons found in female burial sites

    By Jackie Flynn Mogensen, July 17, 2026

    Excerpt: " 'We wanted to see if the skeletons themselves supported the presence of the weapons found beside them,' [#ZeinabHashesh] says.

    "By looking at the princesses’ internal bone structure and muscle attachment sites, as well as by analyzing chemical signatures left on the remains, Hashesh and her team began to piece together a picture of what the princesses’ daily lives and burials may have looked like.

    " 'Our big takeaway is that these women were ‘active ritual agents’ whose lives involved disciplined physical strength,' she says, participating in activities that possibly included archery or the use of daggers.

    "In Princess Ita’s case, her muscle attachments 'strongly reflect the habitual gripping of weapons like daggers or maces,' Hashesh says.

    "Even more clear was Princess Noub-Hotep, whose skeleton, she says, 'provides the most definitive evidence for the 'archer’s grip,' including 'a unique bowing' of a hand bone, a feature that Hashesh sees as evidence of having to drawing a bow.

    "Meanwhile, she adds, Princess Itaweret appeared to have survived 'significant trauma” to her ribs and feet bones, 'indicating a high-risk, active lifestyle.' "

    Read more:
    scientificamerican.com/article

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/R4QEx

    #AncientEgypt #AncientWomen #WarriorWomen #AncientHistory

  2. #AncientEgyptian princesses were ‘powerful’ weapon users, new analysis suggests

    These findings challenge a long-held belief about weapons found in female burial sites

    By Jackie Flynn Mogensen, July 17, 2026

    Excerpt: " 'We wanted to see if the skeletons themselves supported the presence of the weapons found beside them,' [#ZeinabHashesh] says.

    "By looking at the princesses’ internal bone structure and muscle attachment sites, as well as by analyzing chemical signatures left on the remains, Hashesh and her team began to piece together a picture of what the princesses’ daily lives and burials may have looked like.

    " 'Our big takeaway is that these women were ‘active ritual agents’ whose lives involved disciplined physical strength,' she says, participating in activities that possibly included archery or the use of daggers.

    "In Princess Ita’s case, her muscle attachments 'strongly reflect the habitual gripping of weapons like daggers or maces,' Hashesh says.

    "Even more clear was Princess Noub-Hotep, whose skeleton, she says, 'provides the most definitive evidence for the 'archer’s grip,' including 'a unique bowing' of a hand bone, a feature that Hashesh sees as evidence of having to drawing a bow.

    "Meanwhile, she adds, Princess Itaweret appeared to have survived 'significant trauma” to her ribs and feet bones, 'indicating a high-risk, active lifestyle.' "

    Read more:
    scientificamerican.com/article

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/R4QEx

    #AncientEgypt #AncientWomen #WarriorWomen #AncientHistory

  3. #AncientEgyptian princesses were ‘powerful’ weapon users, new analysis suggests

    These findings challenge a long-held belief about weapons found in female burial sites

    By Jackie Flynn Mogensen, July 17, 2026

    Excerpt: " 'We wanted to see if the skeletons themselves supported the presence of the weapons found beside them,' [#ZeinabHashesh] says.

    "By looking at the princesses’ internal bone structure and muscle attachment sites, as well as by analyzing chemical signatures left on the remains, Hashesh and her team began to piece together a picture of what the princesses’ daily lives and burials may have looked like.

    " 'Our big takeaway is that these women were ‘active ritual agents’ whose lives involved disciplined physical strength,' she says, participating in activities that possibly included archery or the use of daggers.

    "In Princess Ita’s case, her muscle attachments 'strongly reflect the habitual gripping of weapons like daggers or maces,' Hashesh says.

    "Even more clear was Princess Noub-Hotep, whose skeleton, she says, 'provides the most definitive evidence for the 'archer’s grip,' including 'a unique bowing' of a hand bone, a feature that Hashesh sees as evidence of having to drawing a bow.

    "Meanwhile, she adds, Princess Itaweret appeared to have survived 'significant trauma” to her ribs and feet bones, 'indicating a high-risk, active lifestyle.' "

    Read more:
    scientificamerican.com/article

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/R4QEx

    #AncientEgypt #AncientWomen #WarriorWomen #AncientHistory

  4. #AncientEgyptian princesses were ‘powerful’ weapon users, new analysis suggests

    These findings challenge a long-held belief about weapons found in female burial sites

    By Jackie Flynn Mogensen, July 17, 2026

    Excerpt: " 'We wanted to see if the skeletons themselves supported the presence of the weapons found beside them,' [#ZeinabHashesh] says.

    "By looking at the princesses’ internal bone structure and muscle attachment sites, as well as by analyzing chemical signatures left on the remains, Hashesh and her team began to piece together a picture of what the princesses’ daily lives and burials may have looked like.

    " 'Our big takeaway is that these women were ‘active ritual agents’ whose lives involved disciplined physical strength,' she says, participating in activities that possibly included archery or the use of daggers.

    "In Princess Ita’s case, her muscle attachments 'strongly reflect the habitual gripping of weapons like daggers or maces,' Hashesh says.

    "Even more clear was Princess Noub-Hotep, whose skeleton, she says, 'provides the most definitive evidence for the 'archer’s grip,' including 'a unique bowing' of a hand bone, a feature that Hashesh sees as evidence of having to drawing a bow.

    "Meanwhile, she adds, Princess Itaweret appeared to have survived 'significant trauma” to her ribs and feet bones, 'indicating a high-risk, active lifestyle.' "

    Read more:
    scientificamerican.com/article

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/R4QEx

    #AncientEgypt #AncientWomen #WarriorWomen #AncientHistory

  5. Why Bulgari’s Lotus Design Is Stirring Debate Over Ancient Egyptian Heritage

    The lotus flower has once again become the center of an online debate after Bulgari’s latest Divas’ Dream…
    #France #FR #Europe #EU #Bulgari #ancient #AncientEgyptian #AncientEgyptian-InspiredJewelry #cairo #Egypt #EgyptianLotus #Jewelery #lotusflower #lvmh #MiddleEast
    europesays.com/france/53582/

  6. 17-Jul-2026
    #AncientEgyptian #princesses born 4,000 years ago were skilled #archers, new study shows
    Strong muscle attachments and healed fractures show that royal women could use the #weapons they were buried with — but also that high status didn’t prevent hardship

    ^^no mention of #xena though ...

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #humans #archaeology #AncientEgypt

  7. 17-Jul-2026
    #AncientEgyptian #princesses born 4,000 years ago were skilled #archers, new study shows
    Strong muscle attachments and healed fractures show that royal women could use the #weapons they were buried with — but also that high status didn’t prevent hardship

    ^^no mention of #xena though ...

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #humans #archaeology #AncientEgypt

  8. 17-Jul-2026
    #AncientEgyptian #princesses born 4,000 years ago were skilled #archers, new study shows
    Strong muscle attachments and healed fractures show that royal women could use the #weapons they were buried with — but also that high status didn’t prevent hardship

    ^^no mention of #xena though ...

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #humans #archaeology #AncientEgypt

  9. 17-Jul-2026
    #AncientEgyptian #princesses born 4,000 years ago were skilled #archers, new study shows
    Strong muscle attachments and healed fractures show that royal women could use the #weapons they were buried with — but also that high status didn’t prevent hardship

    ^^no mention of #xena though ...

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #humans #archaeology #AncientEgypt

  10. #AncientEgyptian ‘#AirConditioning’ could help cool modern buildings

    One research team hopes to harness 5,000-year-old ideas to battle rising temperatures.

    by Andrew Paul
    Published Aug 22, 2023

    "By retrofitting their shipping container test chamber with off-the-grid, solar powered battery storage, AL-Hassawi’s team can heat their chamber to upwards of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to test out their solutions while measuring factors such as air velocity, temperature, and humidity. The team is particularly focused on optimizing a passive cooling method involving large towers and evaporative cooling that dates as far back as 2,500 BCE in ancient Egypt. In these designs, moisture evaporates at the tower’s top, which turns into cool, heavier air that then sinks down to the habitable space below. In the team’s version, moisture could be generated via misting nozzles, shower heads, or simply water-soaked pads.

    " 'It’s an older technology, but there’s been an attempt to innovate and use a mix of new and existing technologies to improve performance and the cooling capacity of these systems,' explained Al-Hassawi, who also envisions retrofitting smokestacks in older buildings to work as new cooling towers."

    Full article:
    popsci.com/technology/shipping

    #SolarPunkSunday #AncientTechnology #ModernTechnology #KeepingCool

  11. #AncientEgyptian ‘#AirConditioning’ could help cool modern buildings

    One research team hopes to harness 5,000-year-old ideas to battle rising temperatures.

    by Andrew Paul
    Published Aug 22, 2023

    "By retrofitting their shipping container test chamber with off-the-grid, solar powered battery storage, AL-Hassawi’s team can heat their chamber to upwards of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to test out their solutions while measuring factors such as air velocity, temperature, and humidity. The team is particularly focused on optimizing a passive cooling method involving large towers and evaporative cooling that dates as far back as 2,500 BCE in ancient Egypt. In these designs, moisture evaporates at the tower’s top, which turns into cool, heavier air that then sinks down to the habitable space below. In the team’s version, moisture could be generated via misting nozzles, shower heads, or simply water-soaked pads.

    " 'It’s an older technology, but there’s been an attempt to innovate and use a mix of new and existing technologies to improve performance and the cooling capacity of these systems,' explained Al-Hassawi, who also envisions retrofitting smokestacks in older buildings to work as new cooling towers."

    Full article:
    popsci.com/technology/shipping

    #SolarPunkSunday #AncientTechnology #ModernTechnology #KeepingCool

  12. #AncientEgyptian ‘#AirConditioning’ could help cool modern buildings

    One research team hopes to harness 5,000-year-old ideas to battle rising temperatures.

    by Andrew Paul
    Published Aug 22, 2023

    "By retrofitting their shipping container test chamber with off-the-grid, solar powered battery storage, AL-Hassawi’s team can heat their chamber to upwards of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to test out their solutions while measuring factors such as air velocity, temperature, and humidity. The team is particularly focused on optimizing a passive cooling method involving large towers and evaporative cooling that dates as far back as 2,500 BCE in ancient Egypt. In these designs, moisture evaporates at the tower’s top, which turns into cool, heavier air that then sinks down to the habitable space below. In the team’s version, moisture could be generated via misting nozzles, shower heads, or simply water-soaked pads.

    " 'It’s an older technology, but there’s been an attempt to innovate and use a mix of new and existing technologies to improve performance and the cooling capacity of these systems,' explained Al-Hassawi, who also envisions retrofitting smokestacks in older buildings to work as new cooling towers."

    Full article:
    popsci.com/technology/shipping

    #SolarPunkSunday #AncientTechnology #ModernTechnology #KeepingCool

  13. #AncientEgyptian ‘#AirConditioning’ could help cool modern buildings

    One research team hopes to harness 5,000-year-old ideas to battle rising temperatures.

    by Andrew Paul
    Published Aug 22, 2023

    "By retrofitting their shipping container test chamber with off-the-grid, solar powered battery storage, AL-Hassawi’s team can heat their chamber to upwards of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to test out their solutions while measuring factors such as air velocity, temperature, and humidity. The team is particularly focused on optimizing a passive cooling method involving large towers and evaporative cooling that dates as far back as 2,500 BCE in ancient Egypt. In these designs, moisture evaporates at the tower’s top, which turns into cool, heavier air that then sinks down to the habitable space below. In the team’s version, moisture could be generated via misting nozzles, shower heads, or simply water-soaked pads.

    " 'It’s an older technology, but there’s been an attempt to innovate and use a mix of new and existing technologies to improve performance and the cooling capacity of these systems,' explained Al-Hassawi, who also envisions retrofitting smokestacks in older buildings to work as new cooling towers."

    Full article:
    popsci.com/technology/shipping

    #SolarPunkSunday #AncientTechnology #ModernTechnology #KeepingCool

  14. Top ten posts in January 2026 library.hrmtc.com/2026/02/01/t #19thCentury #20thCentury #abjectFear #acrossTheWorld #adept #ageOld #alchemicalTradition #alchemists #Alchemy #aleisterCrowley #ancient #ancientEgyptian #AndréBreton #angel #antiquity #anyAndEvery #apparitions #Arkansas #artists #Astrology #auguries #auspiciousTimes #awakening #backwoods #beautyTreatments #beliefs #BernardRoger #bestPosts #bestTen #biographicalSketches #blackArts #butcheringHogs #cannotBear #ceremonies #chaosMagicians #charged #charms #ChineseCulture #ChineseSociety #ChristianKabbalah #clairvoyants #codes #collaborations #compendium #concentration #concoctions #conjurefolk #consciousnessAlteringTechniques #courtshipJinxes #Craft #creativeFire #cures #curiosity #customs #declaring #deepestBeliefs #degree #democracy #divination #diviningRods #doTheirOwnWills #doodlebuggers #dummySuppers #eachCitizen #eachStar #economists #education #Egyptian #elements #eliphasLevi #enclave #esotericPhilosophy #esoterica #EugèneCanseliet #EuropeanSurrealism #everyBreath #everyMan #everyWoman #everyWord #evilEye #exorcism #fertileSource #findWater #fingerCrossing #fit #folklore #folkloristicMaterial #fortuneTellers #free #Freedom #freemasonry #Fulcanelli #function #galaxy #genius #ghostlyVisitations #ghosts #goddesses #gods #goomerDoctors #grannyWomen #greatLodge #greaterMysteries #greaterSecret #Greek #HenryTWilliams #herbs #hermeticism #hiddenHistories #hiddenPractices #hierarchy #higherEvolution #hillfolk #hillpeople #historicalSketches #history #HolyRollers #horrors #humanLife #humanity #ignorance #imagine #impossible #incantation #initiation #initiatoryDimension #innovation #inquiry #insisting #intuition #itsNature #JDBuck #January2026 #JeanThéophileDesaguliers #JewishKabbalah #JonEGraham #kabbalah #languageOfTheBirds #latentFaculties #legends #liberLegis #LiberSamekh #Lodge #lodgeHistories #lodgeSymbolism #lovePotions #luckyCharms #maatMagicians #magic #magicalChange #magicalOrder #magicalPractitioners #magicalRealm #magicians #magick #makes #man #MarcusKatz #markingBabies #masonicSymbolism #Masonry #mediums #Missouri #modernOccultRevival #monthlyRitual #mountainMidwives #muchMischief #myLaw #mysteries #mysteryTraditions #mysticMasonry #mysticalExercises #mysticalLore #mysticalRealm #naturally #nature #neophytes #NewComment #objected #observances #obsessed #occultKnowledge #occultPhilosophy #occultism #occultists #oddPractices #oldAttitudes #oldTime #omens #onTheContrary #operativeAlchemy #origin #origins #ourLaw #outsiders #Ozark #PatrickLepetit #people #personalities #philosophers #physicians #plantingCrops #poets #popularSuperstition #powerDoctors #primaryDocuments #principalObjections #proper #psychicalLife #purpose #quaintIdeas #rareDocuments #reduces #religion #remedies #RenéAlleau #resistance #result #rites #ritual #ritualVerses #rituals #salvadorDali #sayings #Scholars #scholarship #school #science #secretBook #secretDoctrine #secretLanguage #secretRituals #secretSocieties #secretTeaching #seers #sensoryDeprivation #septenaryNature #sigilMagick #signs #socialDuty #Society #soothsayers #sorcery #soul #soulOfTheAdept #spells #spiritualLife #spiritualPower #SpiritualSun #spiritualTransformation #spiritualism #Star #stories #students #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #sun #superficial #superstition #superstitions #Surrealism #surrealistMovement #surrealistSymbology #surrealists #Symbols #tableTurning #taoism #taoistMystics #tarot #teaches #TheBookOfTheLaw #thelema #thelemites #ThomasCleary #ThomasVaughan #tiphereth #topPosts #topTen #tradition #traditions #twelve #universalLanguage #VanceRandolph #vastBulk #veilsItself #Victorian #view #visualization #weatherSigns #wisdom #wishMaking #witchWigglers #Witchcraft #witches #wordGames #Work #workingHypothesis #workingTools #yarbDoctor #year #zodiacalForces #zodiacalRituals
  15. I think I may have finally figured out how to type Middle Egyptian in Unicode:

    𓄤𓊵𓏏𓊪𓋴 (nfr-Htp-s AKA Neferhetepes)

    Unfortunately, the formatting (sign arrangement) does not render correctly in normal software when pasted (as above). In this example the t and p uniliteral signs should be under the Htp sign as in the picture.

    Still not quite there, yet, so still have to use images for proper display. 😞

    #middleegyptian #hieroglyphs #hieroglyphic #ancientegyptian

  16. I think I may have finally figured out how to type Middle Egyptian in Unicode:

    𓄤𓊵𓏏𓊪𓋴 (nfr-Htp-s AKA Neferhetepes)

    Unfortunately, the formatting (sign arrangement) does not render correctly in normal software when pasted (as above). In this example the t and p uniliteral signs should be under the Htp sign as in the picture.

    Still not quite there, yet, so still have to use images for proper display. 😞

    #middleegyptian #hieroglyphs #hieroglyphic #ancientegyptian

  17. I think I may have finally figured out how to type Middle Egyptian in Unicode:

    𓄤𓊵𓏏𓊪𓋴 (nfr-Htp-s AKA Neferhetepes)

    Unfortunately, the formatting (sign arrangement) does not render correctly in normal software when pasted (as above). In this example the t and p uniliteral signs should be under the Htp sign as in the picture.

    Still not quite there, yet, so still have to use images for proper display. 😞

    #middleegyptian #hieroglyphs #hieroglyphic #ancientegyptian

  18. I think I may have finally figured out how to type Middle Egyptian in Unicode:

    𓄤𓊵𓏏𓊪𓋴 (nfr-Htp-s AKA Neferhetepes)

    Unfortunately, the formatting (sign arrangement) does not render correctly in normal software when pasted (as above). In this example the t and p uniliteral signs should be under the Htp sign as in the picture.

    Still not quite there, yet, so still have to use images for proper display. 😞

    #middleegyptian #hieroglyphs #hieroglyphic #ancientegyptian

  19. Pan egipcio de la dinastía XVIII (1550-1295 a.C.) envuelto con vendas de papiro. Los egipcios hacían el pan con trigo escanda o con cebada, que contenían poco gluten pero producían panes densos. Podían contener granos enteros, cilantro, higos, dátiles o colorantes. 🏛️Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguoegipto #ancientegyptian

  20. Pan egipcio de la dinastía XVIII (1550-1295 a.C.) envuelto con vendas de papiro. Los egipcios hacían el pan con trigo escanda o con cebada, que contenían poco gluten pero producían panes densos. Podían contener granos enteros, cilantro, higos, dátiles o colorantes. 🏛️Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguoegipto #ancientegyptian

  21. Pan egipcio de la dinastía XVIII (1550-1295 a.C.) envuelto con vendas de papiro. Los egipcios hacían el pan con trigo escanda o con cebada, que contenían poco gluten pero producían panes densos. Podían contener granos enteros, cilantro, higos, dátiles o colorantes. 🏛️Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguoegipto #ancientegyptian

  22. Pan egipcio de la dinastía XVIII (1550-1295 a.C.) envuelto con vendas de papiro. Los egipcios hacían el pan con trigo escanda o con cebada, que contenían poco gluten pero producían panes densos. Podían contener granos enteros, cilantro, higos, dátiles o colorantes. 🏛️Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguoegipto #ancientegyptian

  23. Fósil de cicaroide, un tipo de erizo de mar del Eoceno (56-34 MdA), encontrada cerca de Heliópolis entre el 1292-332 a.C. con jeroglíficos que dicen "Encontrado al sur de la cantera por el dios del padre Tjanefer", donde probablemente fue expuesto. Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguosegipcios #ancientegyptian #fosiles #fossils

  24. Fósil de cicaroide, un tipo de erizo de mar del Eoceno (56-34 MdA), encontrada cerca de Heliópolis entre el 1292-332 a.C. con jeroglíficos que dicen "Encontrado al sur de la cantera por el dios del padre Tjanefer", donde probablemente fue expuesto. Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguosegipcios #ancientegyptian #fosiles #fossils

  25. Fósil de cicaroide, un tipo de erizo de mar del Eoceno (56-34 MdA), encontrada cerca de Heliópolis entre el 1292-332 a.C. con jeroglíficos que dicen "Encontrado al sur de la cantera por el dios del padre Tjanefer", donde probablemente fue expuesto. Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguosegipcios #ancientegyptian #fosiles #fossils

  26. Fósil de cicaroide, un tipo de erizo de mar del Eoceno (56-34 MdA), encontrada cerca de Heliópolis entre el 1292-332 a.C. con jeroglíficos que dicen "Encontrado al sur de la cantera por el dios del padre Tjanefer", donde probablemente fue expuesto. Museo Egipcio de Turín #antiguosegipcios #ancientegyptian #fosiles #fossils

  27. FUN FACT

    #Ethiopia is the only country to use a 13 month calendar. Each month, except the last, has 30 days. The last month known as, Pagume, has only 5 days; 6 days, if falling on a leap year.

    Tracing its origin to Ancient Coptic (Egyptian Orthodoxy). Which was itself derived from the Julian Calendar. The extra month serves to align with the Solar Cycle.

    New Year falls on SEPTEMBER 11th.

    #Funfact #funfacts #calendar #newyear #Coptic #egypt #ancienthistory #ancientegypt #ancientegyptian

  28. FUN FACT

    #Ethiopia is the only country to use a 13 month calendar. Each month, except the last, has 30 days. The last month known as, Pagume, has only 5 days; 6 days, if falling on a leap year.

    Tracing its origin to Ancient Coptic (Egyptian Orthodoxy). Which was itself derived from the Julian Calendar. The extra month serves to align with the Solar Cycle.

    New Year falls on SEPTEMBER 11th.

    #Funfact #funfacts #calendar #newyear #Coptic #egypt #ancienthistory #ancientegypt #ancientegyptian

  29. Some time ago I posted a photo of the front of this statue, which shows Yuny and his wife Renenutet seated on a large chair. This is the back of that chair, which is as finely worked as the rest of the statue, with scenes of offerings and the inscriptions that tell us who’s who.

    The upper register shows us Yuny and Renenutet on the left, and in front of them stands their son (name unknown as it was on the broken bit of inscription). Between them is an offering table piled high with bread and other foodstuffs for sustenance in eternity. 🧵 1/3

    #egyptology #AncientEgyptian

  30. Some time ago I posted a photo of the front of this statue, which shows Yuny and his wife Renenutet seated on a large chair. This is the back of that chair, which is as finely worked as the rest of the statue, with scenes of offerings and the inscriptions that tell us who’s who.

    The upper register shows us Yuny and Renenutet on the left, and in front of them stands their son (name unknown as it was on the broken bit of inscription). Between them is an offering table piled high with bread and other foodstuffs for sustenance in eternity. 🧵 1/3

    #egyptology #AncientEgyptian

  31. Some time ago I posted a photo of the front of this statue, which shows Yuny and his wife Renenutet seated on a large chair. This is the back of that chair, which is as finely worked as the rest of the statue, with scenes of offerings and the inscriptions that tell us who’s who.

    The upper register shows us Yuny and Renenutet on the left, and in front of them stands their son (name unknown as it was on the broken bit of inscription). Between them is an offering table piled high with bread and other foodstuffs for sustenance in eternity. 🧵 1/3

    #egyptology #AncientEgyptian

  32. Some time ago I posted a photo of the front of this statue, which shows Yuny and his wife Renenutet seated on a large chair. This is the back of that chair, which is as finely worked as the rest of the statue, with scenes of offerings and the inscriptions that tell us who’s who.

    The upper register shows us Yuny and Renenutet on the left, and in front of them stands their son (name unknown as it was on the broken bit of inscription). Between them is an offering table piled high with bread and other foodstuffs for sustenance in eternity. 🧵 1/3

    #egyptology #AncientEgyptian