Wonders of Antiquity

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, Mysticism, Occult, Occultism
Cover of the book Wonders of Antiquity by Manly P. Hall, Edition du Phoenix d'Or
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Author: Manly P. Hall ISBN: 1230000418997
Publisher: Edition du Phoenix d'Or Publication: May 10, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Manly P. Hall
ISBN: 1230000418997
Publisher: Edition du Phoenix d'Or
Publication: May 10, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

It was a common practice among the early Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans to seal lighted lamps in the sepulchers of their dead as offerings to the God of Death.

Possibly it was also believed that the deceased could use these lights in finding his way through the Valley of the Shadow. Later as the custom became generally established, not only actual lamps but miniatures of them in terra cotta were buried with the dead. ..

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It was a common practice among the early Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans to seal lighted lamps in the sepulchers of their dead as offerings to the God of Death.

Possibly it was also believed that the deceased could use these lights in finding his way through the Valley of the Shadow. Later as the custom became generally established, not only actual lamps but miniatures of them in terra cotta were buried with the dead. ..

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