Content notes for "Among the Imperishable Ones"
These are the content notes for " Among the Imperishable Ones."
The best evidence for the strong bond between felines and their human is reflected in one of the first recorded cat sarcophagi. The best-known of these pet coffins belonged to a royal pet. Around 1350 BCE, Prince Thutmose, the eldest son of pharaoh Amenhotep III, buried his dearest feline in a beautifully decorated limestone sarcophagus. Ta-Miu (whose name means “The female cat”) is depicted like any other respectable deceased nobleman, with a sacrificial table in front of her, filled with meat and other sacrifices (!). Thutmose did all he could to assure that Ta-Miu would have a dignified afterlife. The sarcophagus inscription proudly proclaims: “I myself am placed among the imperishable ones that are in the Sky / For I am Ta-Miu, the Triumphant.” The tomb scenes further confirm the cat’s lofty status in noble households, showing cats dressed in gold and eating from their owner’s plates.
" Into the Thousand-Eyed Present"
Story Date: Monday, 6 April, 2015
Aidan, Saraphina, and Drew apply for citizenship in the Maldives.
"The Nile in Terramagne"
Elisabeth Finn's Rose-Gold Sandals
Gianvito Rossi
Ribbon Uptown 105mm strappy sandals $1,145
Drew's T-shirt Nile Egypt
Shiv's T-shirt Cats Were Worshipped
Drew's Tote Bag Sphinx
Jaan's Mummy Cat Pendant
Explore the history of the domestic cat. Or more realistically, the domesticating cat that has learned to manipulate humans into serving feline needs.
The Egyptian word for "cat" has been variously written as mau, mw, miu, miut, and so on. All seem to be onomatopoeia for feline vocalization(s). Or to look at it another way, it's one word that cats managed to teach to humans.
Ancient Egyptians believed that cats had divine energy. They were sacred to the cat goddess Bastet.
Bubastis was a center of worship for the feline goddess Bastet, sometimes called Bubastis after the city, who the Greeks identified with Artemis. The cat was the sacred and peculiar animal of Bast, who is represented with the head of a cat or a lioness and frequently accompanies the deity Ptah in monumental inscriptions. The tombs at Bubastis were accordingly the principal depository in Egypt of the mummies of the cat.
The most distinguished features of the city and nome of Bubastis were its oracle of Bast, the splendid temple of that goddess and the annual procession in honor of her. The oracle gained in popularity and importance after the influx of Greek settlers into the Delta, since the identification of Bast with Artemis attracted to her shrine both native Egyptians and foreigners.
Its ruins are located in the suburbs of the modern city of Zagazig.
Cats continue to roam free throughout much of Egypt, just as they have always done. They range from very traditional tabby patterns (spotted, striped, agouti) to modern solid and white-spotted coats.
Heka is the ordinary magic of Egypt. Akhu is typically rendered as "spells" or "sorcery," but if you look at the root, akh means not only magical force but also the soul after death when ba and ka are united. So it's a play on Jaan's cape name, which means "ghost" in Afghani.
Akh (intellect)
The akḫ "(magically) effective one" was a concept of the dead that varied over the long history of ancient Egyptian belief. Relative to the afterlife, akh represented the deceased, who was transfigured and often identified with light.
Cat treats may be made with such things as tuna and egg white, salmon and oatmeal, or plain dehydrated meat with optional marinades.
A sarcophagus is a coffin, usually carved from stone.
The "Book of the Dead" is the usual name given to the ancient Egyptian funerary text called the "Spells of Coming (or Going) Forth By Day."
Cheetahs in Egypt have a long history, but they are hard to breed and thus usually captured from the wild as kittens.
Lost works of Cleopatra including books on medicine, charms, and cosmetics (according to the historian Al-Masudi).
Ancient Egyptian texts
The Book of Thoth, a legendary manuscript alluded to in Egyptian literature believed to contain the secrets to comprehend the power of the gods and speech of animals.
Additionally, thousands of other pieces are attributed to the deity Thoth. Seleuces noted that the number of his writings was 20,000 while Manetho held it was 36,525.
A Seed Ark is a collection of seeds for emergency gardening or future revival. Most local-American ones are poorly designed for their purpose. For better results, see this series on landrace survival seed banks (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Read about adaptivar landraces, promiscuous pollination, and cytoplasmic male sterility.
Microscopic data storrage may be done with various materials including nickel, diamond, sapphire. Sapphire advertises a 10 million year lifespan. and has appeared in a Kickstarter campaign. NASA has used sapphire.
In addition to local-Earth materials, Terramagne also has dymondine, which is harder than diamond. The storage capacity is so high that you can engrave humanity's current knowledge on a set of discs that will fit in a box small enough to carry easily. Also, a key benefit to this kind of microscopic data storage is that you can print pictograms visible to the naked eye which show how to view the rest with magnifying lenses.
Field microscopes and other magnifiers can stand up where laboratory ones can't.
Hathor was often depicted as a cow, symbolizing her maternal and celestial aspect, although her most common form was a woman wearing a headdress of cow horns and a sun disk. She could also be represented as a lioness, a cobra, or a sycamore tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathor
Osiris is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion.
Compost has long been used in Egypt. This post describes a system of using chickens to make compost from a mixture of garden scraps, manure, sand, and straw. Egypt has had chickens from ancient times, as exemplified by the Egyptian Fayoumi breed.
The best evidence for the strong bond between felines and their human is reflected in one of the first recorded cat sarcophagi. The best-known of these pet coffins belonged to a royal pet. Around 1350 BCE, Prince Thutmose, the eldest son of pharaoh Amenhotep III, buried his dearest feline in a beautifully decorated limestone sarcophagus. Ta-Miu (whose name means “The female cat”) is depicted like any other respectable deceased nobleman, with a sacrificial table in front of her, filled with meat and other sacrifices (!). Thutmose did all he could to assure that Ta-Miu would have a dignified afterlife. The sarcophagus inscription proudly proclaims: “I myself am placed among the imperishable ones that are in the Sky / For I am Ta-Miu, the Triumphant.” The tomb scenes further confirm the cat’s lofty status in noble households, showing cats dressed in gold and eating from their owner’s plates.
" Into the Thousand-Eyed Present"
Story Date: Monday, 6 April, 2015
Aidan, Saraphina, and Drew apply for citizenship in the Maldives.
"The Nile in Terramagne"
Elisabeth Finn's Rose-Gold Sandals
Gianvito Rossi
Ribbon Uptown 105mm strappy sandals $1,145
Drew's T-shirt Nile Egypt
Shiv's T-shirt Cats Were Worshipped
Drew's Tote Bag Sphinx
Jaan's Mummy Cat Pendant
Explore the history of the domestic cat. Or more realistically, the domesticating cat that has learned to manipulate humans into serving feline needs.
The Egyptian word for "cat" has been variously written as mau, mw, miu, miut, and so on. All seem to be onomatopoeia for feline vocalization(s). Or to look at it another way, it's one word that cats managed to teach to humans.
Ancient Egyptians believed that cats had divine energy. They were sacred to the cat goddess Bastet.
Bubastis was a center of worship for the feline goddess Bastet, sometimes called Bubastis after the city, who the Greeks identified with Artemis. The cat was the sacred and peculiar animal of Bast, who is represented with the head of a cat or a lioness and frequently accompanies the deity Ptah in monumental inscriptions. The tombs at Bubastis were accordingly the principal depository in Egypt of the mummies of the cat.
The most distinguished features of the city and nome of Bubastis were its oracle of Bast, the splendid temple of that goddess and the annual procession in honor of her. The oracle gained in popularity and importance after the influx of Greek settlers into the Delta, since the identification of Bast with Artemis attracted to her shrine both native Egyptians and foreigners.
Its ruins are located in the suburbs of the modern city of Zagazig.
Cats continue to roam free throughout much of Egypt, just as they have always done. They range from very traditional tabby patterns (spotted, striped, agouti) to modern solid and white-spotted coats.
Heka is the ordinary magic of Egypt. Akhu is typically rendered as "spells" or "sorcery," but if you look at the root, akh means not only magical force but also the soul after death when ba and ka are united. So it's a play on Jaan's cape name, which means "ghost" in Afghani.
Akh (intellect)
The akḫ "(magically) effective one" was a concept of the dead that varied over the long history of ancient Egyptian belief. Relative to the afterlife, akh represented the deceased, who was transfigured and often identified with light.
Cat treats may be made with such things as tuna and egg white, salmon and oatmeal, or plain dehydrated meat with optional marinades.
A sarcophagus is a coffin, usually carved from stone.
The "Book of the Dead" is the usual name given to the ancient Egyptian funerary text called the "Spells of Coming (or Going) Forth By Day."
Cheetahs in Egypt have a long history, but they are hard to breed and thus usually captured from the wild as kittens.
Lost works of Cleopatra including books on medicine, charms, and cosmetics (according to the historian Al-Masudi).
Ancient Egyptian texts
The Book of Thoth, a legendary manuscript alluded to in Egyptian literature believed to contain the secrets to comprehend the power of the gods and speech of animals.
Additionally, thousands of other pieces are attributed to the deity Thoth. Seleuces noted that the number of his writings was 20,000 while Manetho held it was 36,525.
A Seed Ark is a collection of seeds for emergency gardening or future revival. Most local-American ones are poorly designed for their purpose. For better results, see this series on landrace survival seed banks (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Read about adaptivar landraces, promiscuous pollination, and cytoplasmic male sterility.
Microscopic data storrage may be done with various materials including nickel, diamond, sapphire. Sapphire advertises a 10 million year lifespan. and has appeared in a Kickstarter campaign. NASA has used sapphire.
In addition to local-Earth materials, Terramagne also has dymondine, which is harder than diamond. The storage capacity is so high that you can engrave humanity's current knowledge on a set of discs that will fit in a box small enough to carry easily. Also, a key benefit to this kind of microscopic data storage is that you can print pictograms visible to the naked eye which show how to view the rest with magnifying lenses.
Field microscopes and other magnifiers can stand up where laboratory ones can't.
Hathor was often depicted as a cow, symbolizing her maternal and celestial aspect, although her most common form was a woman wearing a headdress of cow horns and a sun disk. She could also be represented as a lioness, a cobra, or a sycamore tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathor
Osiris is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion.
Compost has long been used in Egypt. This post describes a system of using chickens to make compost from a mixture of garden scraps, manure, sand, and straw. Egypt has had chickens from ancient times, as exemplified by the Egyptian Fayoumi breed.