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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Myra Wysinger: [QB] [b]Sebiumeker[/b] Meroitic deity Sebiumeker was an anthropomorphic god of procreation. His main center of worship is in the temple complex at Musawwarat el-Sufra in the desert east of the sixth cataract of the Nile. [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/sebiumeker.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/seb.jpg[/IMG] Gold, fused glass ring of Queen Amanishakheto, Meroitic, 35 BC-20 BC.; (right) Meroitic deity Sebiumeker [b]Queen Amanishaketo and her Treasures[/b] From Wad Ban Naqa [IMG]http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/aman4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/collar3.jpg[/IMG] Broad collar; shell, stone, carnelian, faience, glass [b]Signet Rings[/b] [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/rings.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/rings4.jpg[/IMG] (left) Gold ring; The concluding scene of a sacred marriage is represented here, the crown prince between the king and queen, (right) Gold ring; An enthroned ruler holds a staff in each hand. Amanishaketo was the daughter of a queen and the wife of a brother whom she survived. Her successor was her daughter, Amanitore, who is mentioned in the Bible (Acts 8:27). This remarkable woman must have possessed vast wealth and power, considering the pyramid where she lay buried and the treasures that surrounded her in her death. [b]In 1832 her pyramid at Wad Ban Naqa was leveled to the ground by the explorer Giuseppe Ferlini, then working in Meroe as a treasure hunter.[/b] Here was found her residence and several temples. Her mud brick palace is one of the largest identified to date. It measures some 61 meters in length and covers an area of some 3,700 squares meters. The ground floor contained over 60 rooms for various purposes. This palace originally had a second story as the remains of columns found on the ground floor indicate, and this may have contained an atrium, a design feature paralleled elsewhere. [b]Pyramid N6 of Queen Amanishaketo, before it was destroyed.[/b] [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/tomb88.jpg[/IMG] The treasure itself is remarkable for the variety of types and materials used. It contained ten bracelets, nine so-called shield rings, sixty-seven signet rings, two armbands, and an extraordinary number of loose amulets and elements belonging to necklaces and other articles. Most of the articles were created especially for Queen Amanishakheto, although a few were heirlooms, and almost all of the jewelry appears to have been created by Nubian artists in the Kingdom of Meroe. [b]References:[/b] [i]Daily Life of the Nubians, [/i]Robert Steven Bianchi, Oct. 2004 and; [i]Sudan: Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile,[/i] Dietrich Wildung, (1997) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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