#the egyptians

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Switching places: Bella and Kebi.

•Bella: a beautiful human slave gifted to Amun. Bella still has her gift though.

•Kebi: a beautiful human teenage girl living with her mother and stepfather.

Who survives and who has a better outcome in life?

Caveat

Backgrounds inform who we are as people.

I've said this before so I won't harp on it too long but Bella growing up as the child of a divorced household, with her mother, is a huge influence on who she is as a person we see in canon and you can't just stick her in the Old Kingdom and tell her to go nuts.

Similar with Kebi.

I can do my best but I'm really just guessing here.

Bella

Easy, she gets the Demetri offer.

Bella is a slave turned by Amun, she might be dazzled by the idea of having become a goddess/in service of the god Amun, but I imagine this wanes as Egypt falls and the Volturi come into power.

She may get the offer right then and there as Aro would be very interested in Amun not having this girl who can block his gift. However, if she doesn't then, she certainly does when Demetri gets the offer.

Given at this point Bella's been through much suffering she might very well take the offer. There is a chance she uses her gift to resist Chelsea (but Demetri probably walks anyway) and sticks with Amun hating everything and herself and is a miserable person as Kebi herself was.

Kebi

No gift?

If she stays with her mother/doesn't return to Forks then she's fine.

If for some reason she goes to Forks when her mother remarries she gets eaten by Edward.

Conclusion

Everyone loses.

[singles-bar]

[sharksandjays]

I know this isn't ninjago guys but I finished this 17 hour painting for my art class and I was proud of it so...enjoy.

I love Egypt fun fact about me. :) [ID: a detailed, realistic painting of the hathor columns at the dendera temple complex in dendera, egypt. /end ID]

[thehereticpharaoh]

This is what hieroglyphs and figures in ancient Egyptian temples looked like before their colors faded. They were recreated using a polychromatic light display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, following thorough research.

[thoodleoo]

hey, don't cry. tiny ancient mosaic glass inlay of a crocodile, okay?

[sergioguymanproust]

We know so little about the Egyptians.Their secrets ,their gods and goddesses,most of our knowledge is often misinterpreted and assumed correct,while in many cases the mysteries of their Pyramids and even the Sphinx still remain unsolved.We are still grappling with with the construction methods to build the Pyramids. Engineering books regarding the cutting and transport of massive blocks of granite offer at times childish explanations.Knowing full well that the technology was non existent,perhaps the only plausible explanation would be the intervention of an extraterrestrial civilization that went all over the planet establishing outposts for later generations to return to Earth and settle again , pushing us aside because they were superior to us in every aspect. There are so many tales , hypotheses and theories that my head spins faster than a top,haaa! Where did the idea of chimeras and anthropomorphic deities originate from ?Looking at the Egyptian pantheon of ancient gods and goddesses is an intriguing example of cryptids.In my book this is one more import from extraterrestrial beings from their civilizations to establish a foothold on this world.In my opinion pyramids of different heights and design were used as portals to travel between dimensions and worlds using possible wormholes to move within this solar system and other planets outside our quadrant.Well, patience is a virtue indeed, so we might have to wait a bit longer to speak to a person of interest, that might illuminate us on the truth of the matter and begin to resolve our problems to move forward in time and space . Words by Sergio Guyman Proust

Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx. Photography by Erin Sitt, 2014.

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[dwellerinthelibrary]

A satirical papyrus showing a lady mouse being served wine by a cat while another cat dresses her hair, a third cares for her baby, and a fourth fans her. The mice have hilarious huge, round ears.

Where: Egyptian Museum Cairo

When: New Kingdom

[maked-artyshenanigans]

So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti, both her mummy and other reconstructions. While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

Remember, likes don't help artists but reblogs do!

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

About the Egyptian coven:

"Kebi has little emotion for anyone besides Amun. Benjamin she tolerated because he made Amun happy, but she was somewhat jealous of the boy. When Benjamin brought Tia home, Kebi was pleased; she hoped Amun would be less entranced with the boy when it was clear he loved Tia more than Amun. Kebi‘s hopes about that rift were not entirely fulfilled, as Benjamin continued to love Amun as a father. But Amun‘s jealousy of Benjamin‘s affections, though well concealed, was enough to make Kebi content."

Please tell me I'm just paranoid and no one else gets groomer vibes from Amun and 'Kebi‘s jealousy'

Sorry, anon.

For what it's worth, I can believe this one's not sexual, that Amun is entirely using Benjamin for perceived power because of his gift and that Kebi is worried about being replaced by anyone but I don't think we can rule out what you're suggesting either.

Another point that could be in the favor of your theory: Amun doesn't like Tia at all. Now, this is in part because Tia doesn't blindly trust Amun, she has no gift, and could potentially lure Benjamin away from Amun but again it doesn't make it not possible.

I'd have to reread Breaking Dawn to see how the Egyptian coven interacts to really come back with an opinion as that'd be the tipping of the scales for me (Bella, obviously, would notice nothing but the key is to take note of what Bella doesn't notice).

[swanasource]

Despite originally being billed as the film's lead opposite Paul Mescal, Palestinian Egyptian actress May Calmaway's scenes have been cut from Gladiator II.

[toyastales]

Gold swivel ring featuring an amethyst frog, from the New Kingdom period of Egypt, dating between 1550-1229 BC.

[evilwizard]

legend tells that Thoth, god of knowledge and magic, played cards with Khonsu, god of the moon, and won 5 extra days worth of moonlight. he gave them to the sky goddess Nut (who was forbidden from giving birth on any day of the then 360-day year), subsequently allowing her to produce Osiris, Isis, Horus, Set, and Nepthys—one on each of the five days

no one knows that Thoth was up to with the whole “leap year” thing. after all, there’s no way Nut could give birth to just 1/4th of a god. unless…..

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[weepingwidar]

Essam Marouf (Egyptian, 1958) - Untitled (2010)