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Archive of the posts written by author : Ritu Malhotra.

The Mummy Makers of Egypt

A few days ago I was able to attend a presentation by Tamara Bower, an archaeological illustrator who is sharing  her new book The Mummy Makers of Egypt.  I realized soon after she started showing pictures that this woman was the real deal. She had incomparable art skills and has even been called the “golden […]

The Different Portrayals of Moses

Moses was a prophet of the Israelites, and the Exodus tells the story of how Moses was sent to free his people from Egypt’s reign and lead them to freedom. This story was remade into a Dreamworks movie, The Prince of Egypt, which retold the tale of Moses with a slightly different spin. There are […]

Ancient Make up Palettes

This past Saturday, I traveled to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA, with my class. At the museum, we took a tour of the grounds and watched and interesting presentation about cosmetics. Cosmetics, I learned, can be everything you apply on yourself, and that doesn’t necessarily mean Mac eyeshadows and CoverGirl lipstick. Instead, things […]

Oracles – An Ancient Ouija Board?

In the book Religion and Ritual of Ancient Egypt, Emily Teeter discusses communication between Egyptians and the Gods. Gods were an ever-present entity in everyday Egyptian life and there were many ways in which they made their presence known. One of