A Rose is a rose



Hathor
Profile of a woman in ancient Egyptian clothing. She has yellow skin and bears on head a pair of cow horns, between which sits a red disk encircled by a cobra. She holds a forked staff in one hand and an ankh sign in the other.
Composite image of Hathor's most common iconography, based partly on images from the tomb of Nefertari
Name in hieroglyphsEgyptian: ḥwt-ḥr
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Major cult center
ParentsRa
Consort
OffspringIhy, Neferhotep of HuRa (Cycle Of Rebirth)
Bastet
Bastet in her late form of a cat-headed woman (rather than a lioness) holding an ankh and sistrum
Name in hieroglyphs
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[1]
Major cult centerBubastis
Symbollioness, cat, ointment jar, sistrum, solar disk
Genealogy
ParentsRa and Isis
SiblingsHorus and Anhur (half-brothers)
ConsortPtah (in some myths)
OffspringMaahes




Natural electrum "wires" on quartz, historic specimen from the old Smuggler-Union Mine, Telluride, Colorado, USA

Electrum Phoenician bowl with mythological scenes, a sphinx frieze 

Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver,[1][2] with trace amounts of copper and other metals. Its color ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver. It has been produced artificially and is also known as "green gold".[3]

Electrum was used as early as the third millennium BC in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, sometimes as an exterior coating to the pyramidions atop ancient Egyptian pyramids and obelisks. It was also used in the making of ancient drinking vessels. The first known metal coins made were of electrum, dating back to the end of the 7th century or the beginning of the 6th century BC.


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