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- Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
1: ...anic flow on the Big Island of Hawaii. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... [[Crust (geology)|crust]]. The word "igneous" is derived from the [[Latin]] ''ignis'', meaning "fire"...
6: ...le at temperatures estimated between 600 to 1600 °C.
10: ...on the Earth's surface by a relatively thin but widespread layer of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
17: ...special circumstances they host important mineral deposits ([[ore]]s): for example, [[tungsten]], [[ti... - Senet (1763 bytes)
3: ...e external link below). Therefore, Senet is the oldest board game whose ancient existence has been con...
5: ...ury BC|2686]]-[[27th century BC|2613 BC]]). It is depicted in a painting in the tomb of [[Rashepes]] (...
7: ...s referenced in Chapter XVII of the [[Book of the Dead]].
13: ... for actually playing the game is a topic of some debate. Timothy Kendall and R.C. Bell are two Senet... - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
1: '''Inca mythology''' includes a number of stories and legends that are mytholo...
3: ...ation for what is known is based on what was recorded by priests, from the [[iconography]] on Incan po...
8: ...acocha]]. In another, he was brought up from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] by the sun god [[Inti]]....
10: ...ricked into returning to Puma Orco and sealed inside, or alternatively was turned to ice, because his ...
14: ... legend, the young Manco jealously betrayed his older brothers, killed them, and then became Cuzco. - Isis (20790 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
3: '''Isis''' is a goddess in the [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian belief]]. ...
5: .... [[mortal]], and she may simply have represented deified, real, [[Queen regnant|queen]]s.
7: ...f many other goddesses. It eventually spread outside [[Egypt]] throughout the [[Middle East]] and [[Eu...
12: ...uption by English speakers. The Ancient Greeks tended to add a terminal 's' at the end of foreign name... - Ra (2793 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ...st deity of the Egyptian [[pantheon]]. Amon-Ra's identity with [[Zeus]] or [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] w...
4: ...d into a god of the setting sun, Atum became considered an aspect of Ra. [[Khepri]], the less importan...
8: ...r [[Apep]] (representing darkness), who wished to devour Ra. Temporary failure to protect Ra was said ...
10: ...e symbols of Ra are the [[solar symbols]] of a golden disk or the symbol ⊙ (Circle with a point ... - Anubis (7106 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ...ound carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt, indeed the [[Unas]] text (line 70) associates him with...
4: ==Lord of the dead==
6: ... identified as the father of [[Kebechet]], the goddess of the purification of bodily organs due to be ...
8: ..., silently walked through the shadows of life and death and lurked in dark places, watchful by day as ... - Set (mythology) (12196 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ... fertile area either side of the [[Nile]]. Due to developments in the [[Egyptian language]] over the 3...
4: ==Desert god==
6: ...' or ''pillar of stablity'', one connected to the desert, and the other more to the institution of [[m...
8: ...aboo]]s regarding [[sexuality]], Set was usually identified as being [[homosexual]], later gaining a p... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...oth was the god of writing, and of magic, he was identified by the Greeks with their god [[Hermes]], w...
3: ...eed his name translates as ''Ibis'', or sometimes depicted as a [[baboon]] (a nocturnal animal that ha...
5: ... thus aiding [[Osiris]] to judge the souls of the dead. He was a son of either Ra or Set, but is also ...
7: ...1/360th of a cycle (360 was used as the number of degrees in a circle since ancient times).
11: == Thoth in modern times == - Hathor (11883 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
4: ...athor was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least [[2700 BC]], during the 2nd dyna...
6: ...the fate of the newborn, and [[midwife|midwives]] delivering them.
8: ...aid she arose from from Ra's tears, and thus was identified as the ''[[Eye of Ra]]''.
10: ...n [[hippopotamus]], which the Egyptians also considered quite motherly creatures, and sometimes as an ... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...nd of the asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end. Features as small as...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...p://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1840AN.....17...81E&db_key=AST&high=41e14...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mi...
8: ...[boulder]]-sized or smaller. The distinction is made because asteroids are large enough to survive pas... - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
1: ...margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" style="floa...
10: | [[Clyde Tombaugh|Clyde W. Tombaugh]]
48: | 17.141 75°<br>(11.88? to Sun's equator)
50: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
51: | 110.303 47° - Zeus (17267 bytes)
1: [[Image:Zeus_god.jpg|thumb|250px|Zeus, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...leader of the gods and [[god]] of the sky and thunder in [[Greek mythology]].
6: ...d among the [[Germanic tribes]] and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but wi...
8: ...ndo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the culture...
13: ...]] beliefs and the [[archetype|archetypal]] Greek deity. - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
2: ...es the history of '''[[Christianity]]''' and provides links to relevant topics.
8: ...e Christian claim of exclusivity, that only its understanding of "Jewish" teaching is valid, led to an...
10: ...s [[Jesus]] (the [[Incarnation]]), and became the deliverer of both Israel and of all mankind. Christi...
29: ...t to follow what would later be called the [[Noahide Laws]] subset of the [[Law of Moses]]. The [[Dida...
32: ...[[Syria]] is the site of the earliest discovered identifiable Christian house church. - Egyptian mythology (14567 bytes)
1: ...rly three thousand years, and beliefs varied considerably over time.
14: ...] initially absorbing the details of the other goddesses, but ultimately being absorbed into [[Isis]]....
16: ...t centre - [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] for Osiris, [[Dendara]] for Isis, and [[Edfu]] for Horus. Even by ...
18: ==Death==
19: ...f the Pharaoh, even after death, the person who made the cut in the abdomen with a rock knife was cere... - Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb||170px|left|Ancient Egypt Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ...an mythology]], the [[human]] '''[[soul]]''' is made up of five parts: the Ka, the Ba, the Akh, the Sh...
5: ...protect it for eternity. Conversely, the names of deceased enemies of the state, such as [[Akhenaten]]...
12: ...he difference between a living and a dead person, death occurring when the ''ka'' left the body. The K...
14: ...on food and drink offerings were presented to the dead, though it was the ''kau'' (''k3w'') within the... - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
1: ...Iran dating back to the 5th millenia BC. Ziggurat designs ranged from simple bases upon which a [[temp...
5: ...et the temple closer to the [[heaven]]s, and provide access from the ground to it via steps.
9: ...ich (side flanked) were thought to have only ascended half the ziggurat's height.
11: ... final stage consisted of a 15 [[metre|meter]] hardened [[brick]] encasement constructed by [[Monarch|...
15: ...summit]]. Notable examples of this structure include the ruins at [[Ur]] and Khorsabad in [[Mesopotami... - Aztec mythology (10599 bytes)
3: *[[Acolmiztli]] - a god of the underworld, [[Mictlan]]
4: ...nahuacatl'' (see [[Acolmiztli]]) - a god of the underworld, [[Mictlan]]
8: *[[Atlacamani]] - goddess of oceanic storms such as hurricanes
9: *[[Atlacoya]] - goddess of drought
10: *[[Atlatonan]] (also ''Atlatonin'') - goddess of the coast - Ur (11926 bytes)
3: ...a temple of [[Nanna (Sumerian deity)|Nanna]], a [[deity]] in [[Sumerian mythology]], and has two stage...
9: ...city was again thriving. Ur by this time was considered sacred to [[Nanna]], the [[moon]] [[god]] in [...
11: The location of Ur was favourable for trade by sea and also by land routes into [[Arabia]]. M...
13: The first dynasty was ended by an attack by [[Sargon of Akkad]] around [[24t...
15: ...es the death of Ur-Nammu and his journey to the underworld. - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
1: ...f their Iron Age forebears, which were often recorded in written form during the [[Middle Ages]].
4: ...so wrote that their priests, the [[druids]], forbade using writing to record anything of religious sig...
6: ...nity]]; indeed, many Gaelic myths were first recorded by Christian [[monks]], albeit without most of t...
9: ...[[Minerva]]. Among these divinities the Celts are described as holding roughly equal views as did othe...
12: ...f the Celtic pantheon as a large number of local deities is gainsaid by the numerous well-testified g... - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
1: ... sea-foam") is the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[goddess]] of [[love]] and [[beauty]].
4: ...epithet ''Aphrodite Acidalia'' was occasionally added to her name, after the spring she used to bathe ...
6: ...orinth, intercourse with her priestesses was considered a method of worshipping Aphrodite.
8: Aphrodite was associated with, and often depicted with [[dolphin]]s, [[dove]]s, [[swan]]s, [[...
10: ...n mythology|Etruscan]] equivalent was [[Turan (goddess)|Turan]].
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