Records of the Past Exploration Society · [Washington, D.C. : Records of the Past Exploration Society] · leaf 86
epresenting the Sun Disk. Thereexist decorations on the monuments depicting Khepera riding in asacred boat, his head being a beetle with outspread wings, and cer-tain sculptures depict priests paying divine honors to a beetle placedon an altar; and the representations of the insect often portray… … 76 RECORDS OF THE PAST to wear one was not only to keep the hope in mind, as the present-day Mohammeden is reminded of death by his turban, but, more, tohelp insure these things for the wearer. As the sacred Sun sank atnight into the darkness to rise again, bringing new life, so the eggburied…
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