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ba bird

Ba Bird

The Ba was a profoundly mystical and vital element of the soul, representing a person’s unique essence and individuality. Often depicted as a bird with a human head, the Ba was far more than a mere symbol. It embodied a person’s personality, mobility, and memories, those intimate qualities that distinguished one being from another. Unlike...

Nefertari playing Senet

The game of Senet (Ancient Egyptian: “znt”, meaning ‘passing’ and in Coptic: ⲥⲓⲛⲉ/sinə, meaning “passing, afternoon”), is a board game consisting of 10 or more pawns on a 30 square playing board.whose origins stretch back to the earliest dynasties of Ancient Egypt, was more than a pastime of the living; it was a symbolic rite...