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<p>[QUOTE="JPD3, post: 6919683, member: 116216"]What wonderful pieces for your collection. My father was a railroad aficionado and took more than one trip to Egypt to ride the Cairo-Aswan railroad, stopping at Luxor often. He brought us back much reading materials concerning the gods and life in ancient Egypt. Right now in NC, the Museum of Art is conducting a show entitled: <i>Golden Mummies of Egypt</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm familiar with Isis and Horus in Egyptian culture/mythology. The author Markus Carabas recently had works published about Horus and others related to that period. Also of Seth (Set) and their struggle for the throne. Because of the importance placed on Horus, many modern Egyptians wear jewelry that depict <i>The Eye of Horus</i>. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273210[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Eye of Horus pendant</b></p><p><br /></p><p>On another note, an item that might be of interest to you is a coin very similar to one you have shown. It was (and may still be) in the collection of a Washington, D.C. numanisist. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273212[/ATTACH]</p><p>Who knows, he might have some period pieces to expand your collection. He and others seemed to have a great variety listed on this web site:</p><p><a href="http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/egyptian/egyptian_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/egyptian/egyptian_coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/egyptian/egyptian_coins.html</a></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JPD3, post: 6919683, member: 116216"]What wonderful pieces for your collection. My father was a railroad aficionado and took more than one trip to Egypt to ride the Cairo-Aswan railroad, stopping at Luxor often. He brought us back much reading materials concerning the gods and life in ancient Egypt. Right now in NC, the Museum of Art is conducting a show entitled: [I]Golden Mummies of Egypt[/I]. I'm familiar with Isis and Horus in Egyptian culture/mythology. The author Markus Carabas recently had works published about Horus and others related to that period. Also of Seth (Set) and their struggle for the throne. Because of the importance placed on Horus, many modern Egyptians wear jewelry that depict [I]The Eye of Horus[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1273210[/ATTACH] [B]Eye of Horus pendant[/B] On another note, an item that might be of interest to you is a coin very similar to one you have shown. It was (and may still be) in the collection of a Washington, D.C. numanisist. [ATTACH=full]1273212[/ATTACH] Who knows, he might have some period pieces to expand your collection. He and others seemed to have a great variety listed on this web site: [URL]http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/egyptian/egyptian_coins.html[/URL] :)[/QUOTE]
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