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Pyramid of the Gods Egyptian Statue
Ancient Egyptians saw the pyramid as the primeval hill, rising from the waters of the beginning, the creator’s birthplace and throne. The pyramid capstone was their point of contact with the Gods and was related to the rising sun. The king who was buried in the pyramid entered into office in the celestial beyond as the son of Ra. Each one of the four sides of this pyramid is dedicated to a particular God or Goddess. One side is dedicated to Horus, the falcon headed God that represents divine kingship. Another side shows the Goddess Isis, the Mother Goddess, “Great of Magic” wearing the horns and sun disk on her headdress. Another side represents the Goddess Sekhmet, “The Mighty One”, “The Eye of Ra”, Goddess of War as well as healing, represented with a lion’s head. The fourth side shows Amun, supreme state God, “The One Who Abides in All Things”, identified with the Sun God, wearing a crown surmounted by two high plumes.
SIZE: 4.5"H (11.5cm)
ITEM MATERIAL: Casting stone
ITEM FINISH: Antique stone
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Egyptian Pyramid Box
Proud monument of a civilization that has long since disappeared, the great pyramid was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ancient Egyptians saw the pyramid as the primal hill, the creator’s birthplace and throne. It’s golden capstone was their point of contact with the Gods. According to current archaeological belief, the pyramid was built as a funerary tomb for Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) but the only funerary element that remains is a stone sarcophagus, and no sign of a mummy or other funerary elements has been detected. Covering 13 acres, it contains 2.3 million blocks of limestone ranging in weight from 2.5 to 15 tons stacked to a height of 481 feet for the original pyramid which now stands at 450 feet high. Before the outer limestone blocks were stripped, each side measured 755 feet, now 746 feet. The great pyramid was built with an extraordinary array of mathematical and astronomical measurements that required advance scientific knowledge. The building effort must have been monumental for that epoch and probably took place over an extended period of time.
SIZE: 4.5"H (7 cm)
ITEM MATERIAL: Bonded marble
ITEM FINISH: Antique gold finish
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Egyptian Obelisk Statue
Obelisks are tall, slender four sided shafts carved from a single stone and topped with a point known as a pyramidion. Obelisks were known to the ancient Egyptians as Tekhenu. They were typically inscribed with the names and titles of the king who commissioned them. Obelisks were considered to be sacred to the Sun God Ra, whose main center of worship was at Heliopolis where the oldest surviving monumental obelisk in Egypt still stands. Obelisks were first erected at Heliopolis and the practice was continued throughout the pharaonic period. Obelisks probably evolved from the so-called Benben Stone which resembles the pyramidion of an obelisk and was considered sacred to the Sun God even before the appearance of the first pharaoh. These stones were the fetish of the primeval God Atum (the setting sun) and the God Ra or Ra-Harakhti (the rising sun). The stones were also associated with the Benu-Bird or Phoenix. Some small squat obelisks survive from the early years of dynastic Egypt when they usually stood in pairs before the entrances to the tombs.
SIZE: 16.5"H (42cm)
ITEM MATERIAL: Casting stone
ITEM FINISH: Antique stone
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