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  • This formula might be compared with the title Khepri of the Egyptian sun-god, mentioned above.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas S. G. F. BRANDO 1968

  • In fact, the scarab is an Egyptian-derived sun symbolism connected with a specific incarnation of the god Ra, namely Khepri who symbolised the rising sun.

    The false image of cana 2007

  • Since the sun-god was regarded as self - existent, and consequently called Khepri, the relevance of the scarab-beetle as a symbol is intelligible.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas S. G. F. BRANDO 1968

  • The original issues of PIXU were printed at a limited run of 1,000 copies each -- but you can still find these handcrafted soon-to-be-eBay-bait comics at Khepri. com.

    Free the PIXU Four: A chat with Bá, Cloonan, Lolos, and Moon | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

  • The rising sun was subsequently known by his holy epithet, Khepri 'The Becoming One' written in Egyptian only as ḫprỉ.

    Archive 2010-08-01 2010

  • The rising sun was subsequently known by his holy epithet, Khepri 'The Becoming One' written in Egyptian only as ḫprỉ.

    The scarab rises in Etruria 2010

  • Morning, noon, and night means "all the time" to us in everyday speech, while Egyptians saw three aspects to the sun: rising (Khepri), midday (Re), and setting (Atum).

    Archive 2007-04-01 kittenpie 2007

  • Morning, noon, and night means "all the time" to us in everyday speech, while Egyptians saw three aspects to the sun: rising (Khepri), midday (Re), and setting (Atum).

    The Shape of Three kittenpie 2007

  • Khepri was depicted in Egyptian murals with a head of a scarab and body of a human but while there's a pile of stuff I could rant on about concerning Etruscan sun symbolism, what it all means in funerary contexts, and why they borrowed Near-Eastern/Egyptian motifs like this all the time, right now let's keep focussed on the linguistic capabilities of the Bonfante family.

    The false image of cana 2007

  • The rising sun or Horus, in whose arms it was asserted, the dead arose into the upper life, was represented by the scarabæus under the name of Khepra, Khepera, or Khepri, this name among its other meanings signifying: "The itself transforming," and this is hieroglyphically written by the use of the scarabæus.

    Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. Isaac Myer 1869

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