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- Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
6: ...e [[Continental crust|continents]], but averages only some 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) beneath the [[Ocea...
8: ...a from which the minerals crystallize is rich in only certain elements: [[silicon]], [[oxygen]], [[alu...
17: ... [[tungsten]], [[tin]], and [[uranium]], are commonly associated with [[granite]]s.
27: ...after [[Pluto (god)|Pluto]], the Roman god of the underworld) are formed from magma that cools and hardens wit...
35: ... a result of volcanic activity. The temperatures only a few kilometers beneath the surface of the eart... - Senet (1763 bytes)
7: ...l objects for the dangerous journey through the [[underworld]], and the game is referenced in Chapter XVII of ... - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
18: ...h have overlapping responsibilities and domains. Unless otherwise noted, it can safely be assumed thes...
27: ...e first coca plant, the leaves of which men were only allowed to chew (to bring health and happiness) ...
56: *''[[Uku Pacha]]'' ("the lower world") was the [[underworld]] (similar to [[Hell]] or [[Hades]]), located in ...
58: ...'' ("higher world") was the Heavenly underworld. Only [[righteous]] people could enter it (much like [...
61: ... shaman journeyed in trance to the lower plane or Underworld and the higher levels inhabited by the superior g... - Isis (20790 bytes)
7: ...elieved to come from the [[Nile Delta]]; however unlike other [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] deities she d...
12: The most commonly used name for this deity, Isis, is a [[Greek lan...
14: ...ronunciation is unknown, as Egyptian hieroglyphs only recorded [[consonant]]s and [[semi-vowel]]s, and...
16: The Egyptian hieroglyphs for her name are commonly [[transliteration|transliterated]] as ''js.t''. ...
20: ...edicated specifically to Isis become wide-spread only in the Roman times. - Ra (2793 bytes)
8: In order to pass through the [[underworld]] each night, so that he might rise in the mornin... - Anubis (7106 bytes)
6: ...entity was remarkably similar to). As lord of the underworld, Anubis was identified as the father of [[Kebeche...
12: ...'nine bows''), which also, naturally, lurk in the underworld, gaining him the title ''Jackal ruler of the bows...
14: ...ld check each person with his keen canine nose. Only if they smelled pure would he allow them to ente...
19: ...ity, Anubis became considered a lesser god in the underworld, giving way to the more popular [[Osiris]]. Indee...
21: ... became considered more the [[gatekeeper]] of the underworld, the ''Guardian of the veil'' (of ''death''). As ... - Set (mythology) (12196 bytes)
15: ...nd [[canine]] body, or sometimes as a human with only the head of the ''Set animal''. It has no comple...
25: ...ey (as [[solar deity|sun god]]) across [[duat|the underworld]].
29: ...in areas where he was worshipped, as ruler of the underworld, with his situation being explained by his being ... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
5: ...and was considered to have been the scribe of the underworld, [[Duat]], thus aiding [[Osiris]] to judge the so...
20: The online community environment oriented towards people ...
28: ...is also available in eBook format which can be downloaded and viewed offline. - Hathor (11883 bytes)
4: ...milky way]], which was seen as the milk of a heavenly cow. Her name refers to her position as the cele...
22: ...nusual by Egyptian artistic conventions, indeed, only she and [[Bes]] were ever depicted in this manne...
26: ...aracter, she greeted the souls of the dead in the underworld, and proffered them with refreshments of food, an...
49: ...rring to [[Bedhet]], where the view was most commonly held, or as ''Ihy'', referring to his aspect as ... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
16: ...; both have diameters of ~500 km. 4 Vesta is the only main belt asteroid that is sometimes visible to ...
21: ...details of the [[visible spectrum|spectrum]] of sunlight they reflect.
30: ...'s surface material. Originally, they classified only three types of asteroids:
64: ...overed up to that point. Still, a century later, only a few thousand asteroids were identified, number...
69: ... constitute asteroid discovery: the observer has only found an [[apparition]], which gets a [[provisio... - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
128: ...ant it should be named after the Roman God of the underworld. This idea was mentioned by her grandfather to a ...
134: Pluto is not only much smaller and less massive than every other p...
136: ...n for many decades after its discovery and could only be estimated. The discovery of its satellite [[...
142: ... may in fact be a member of the [[Kuiper belt]], only one of a large number of distant icy bodies. A s...
153: ...]. Pluto and Charon are noteworthy for being the only planet/moon pair in the solar system whose [[bar... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
37: ...an flesh was said to turn into a wolf, and could only regain human form if he did not eat again of hum...
76: ... Titans. The Titans were then cast into a shadowy underworld region known as Tartarus.
83: ...era discovered the deception, she cursed Echo to only speak the words of others (hence our modern word... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ...owever, the Christian claim of exclusivity, that only its understanding of "Jewish" teaching is valid,...
76: ...he seasonal vegetative cycle, and then enters the underworld, and is finally restored to life.
80: Christianity was not the only religion seeking and finding converts in the [[1...
84: ...he [[3rd century|third century]] emperors were openly encouraging it, as the religion favoured their r...
102: ...ved approximately 210-275 AD. The name Mani is mainly a title and term of respect rather than a person... - Egyptian mythology (14567 bytes)
23: ...mb walls, in order to ease their passage into the underworld. In some tombs, the Book of the Dead has also be...
30: ... temple for Aten. The religious change survived only until the death of Akhenaten's son by a minor wi...
62: ...rs. [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]] was the only Ptolemaic queen to rule on her own. Egypt was in...
74: ...us [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]], was the only Ptolemaic queen to rule on her own, after the de... - Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
23: ...spect of a person that would join the gods in the underworld being immortal and unchangeable.
25: ...eved that the Akh spent some time dwelling in the underworld before returning and being reincarnated as a Ka, ... - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
9: ...two of which (side flanked) were thought to have only ascended half the ziggurat's height.
17: ...ity]] had its own patron [[god]] or [[goddess]]. Only [[priest]]s were permitted inside the ziggurat a...
19: ...between heaven and Earth, and the Earth and the [[underworld]], and a [[horizontal]] bond between the lands. B... - Aztec mythology (10599 bytes)
3: *[[Acolmiztli]] - a god of the underworld, [[Mictlan]]
4: ...olnahuacatl'' (see [[Acolmiztli]]) - a god of the underworld, [[Mictlan]]
19: *[[Chalmecatecuchtli]] - a god of the underworld, [[Mictlan]] and sacrifices
20: *[[Chalmecatl]] the underworld, [[Mictlan]] and the north
55: ...- goddess of death and Lady of [[Mictlan]], the [[underworld]] - Ur (11926 bytes)
1: ...e of marine regression, the remains are now well inland in present-day [[Iraq]], south of the Euphrate...
15: ...ibes the death of Ur-Nammu and his journey to the underworld.
37: ...ted to about [[2600 BC]]. The finds included the unlooted tomb of Queen [[Puabi]] [2] – her name...
52: ... Hussein]] money bills to genuine rugs. There is only one shop on the actual site.
56: ... around it, and will observe very little damage. Only the top is covered with debris and is at times a... - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
12: ...spect testified in Gaul the greater part crop up only once. This has led some scholars to conclude tha...
129: ...tic peoples built no [[temple]]s, and worshipped only outside in groves of trees. Archaeology has long...
137: There are only very few recorded archaeological discoveries whi...
145: ...istletoe (a [[parasite|parasitic]] herb that commonly grows on oak trees); perhaps they used the latte...
149: ...amanic element of ecstatic communication with the underworld. - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
18: ...f Aphrodite's original cult from the Levant to mainland Greece.
20: ...reflecting both stories, Aphrodite Ourania ("heavenly" Aphrodite), and Aphrodite Pandemos ("Common" Ap...
25: ...original cause of the [[Trojan War]] itself: not only did she start the whole affair by offering [[Hel...
31: ...ight in the cave and they made love; he demanded only that she never light any lamps because he did no...
35: ... Psyche refused, knowing it would keep her in the underworld forever.
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