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Archangels were a Popular Subject of Renaissance Artists

{Archangels were a commonplace subject for artists from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance Period.  As angels who played a pivotal role in many biblical stories, the four Archangels – Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel were prominent in religious lore of Christianity, Juadaism and Islam, though mentioned very little in the canonical Gospels.  Archangel statues [...]

Anubis and the Egyptian Afterlife

The gods most typically associated with Egypt happen to be among the most ancient deities known, and among those these Anubis is probably the earliest. Archaeologists found descriptions about Anubis within the earliest predynastic timeframe of Egyptian history, greater than 5000 years ago. To the ancient Egyptians, the entire universe acted upon the model of [...]