Posted by dariana | Posted on 19-03-2008
Category : Funny Things, Personal
Tags: Funny Things, Personal
…or something like “I know a very compromising thing about you and you know a very compromising thing about me, we’re best pals now”. Did this ever happen to you? OMG, I’m laughing a lot right now.
The thing is that I knew something about a quite important person who works in the same building as me, but his (’cause it’s a man, yeah) position is higher than mine. We happened to go to the same party and he got drunk as hell and made a fool out of himself all night. Of course, the next day he could barely look into my eyes and we do meet at least thrice during one day. So I was like “You know, sir, I could ask for a big favor one day and you’ll have to grant me that favor because I know something about you”. He was smiling and always saying “Yes, you’re right…what can I say, you’re right”.
And what happens today? I was doing my thing in my office when the dude enters. I got up the chair…at least I thought I did, because I freakin’ stumbled and fell, on my butt, feet up high, chair down and all LOL. You know what happened, right? He laughed his ass off and said: “Well, I guess we’re even now, I know something about you too, and you won’t like other people to know about it either.”
He’s right…what can I say? He’s right!
Posted by Aleera | Posted on 17-03-2008
Category : Wonders of the World
Tags: Ancient Egypt, Book of the Dead
Since I’ve always been fascinated by the Ancient Egypt, and especially Amun Ra’s book, here are some facts about it…thanks to Wikipedia (I know it’s a lot to read, but if you’re interested, it’s worth it). Enjoy!
‘The Book of the Dead’ is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as ‘The Book of Coming ‘[or 'Going']‘ Forth By Day’. The book of the dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. The book of the dead was most commonly written on a papyrus scroll and placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased.
The name “Book of the Dead” was the invention of the German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius, who published a selection of the texts in 1842. When it was first discovered, the book of the dead was thought to be an ancient Egyptian Bible. But unlike the Bible, The Book of the Dead does not set forth religious tenets and was not considered by the ancient Egyptians to be the product of divine revelation, which allowed the content of the book of the dead to change over time. The Book of the Dead was thus the product of a long process of evolution from the Pyramid texts of the Old Kingdom to the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom. About one-third of the chapters in The Book of the Dead are derived from the Coffin Texts. The Book of the Dead itself was adapted to The Book of Breathings in the Late Period, but remained popular in its own right until the Roman period.
