Rites Collection (page 2)

Egyptian Mummy in the British Museum, London - Hentmehit
Inner Mummy Cover with portrait face for the mummy of the lady Hentmehit, a priestess of Amun-Ra, chief deity of the Egyptian Empire

Masonic Institutions - Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (from left) The Masonic Theatre, Masonic Widows and Orphans Home and the Scottish Rites Cathedral. Date: circa 1909

Swedish Rites of Spring
Swedish girls dancing in a ring, a spring custom. Date: early 1930s

MARIUS PICTOR (1852-1924). Red sunset, fine morning. 1882-1902. Symbolism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 d Orsay (Orsay Museum)

Ceremonial scene 981. Painting on silk. Chinese art. Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: CHINA. NORTH WEST. Dunhuang

Rejouissances des mexicains, au commencement du siecle (The rejoicing of Mexicans at the start of the Century). Celebration of the beginning of Aztec century, consisting of a 52-year cycle

Gold ceremonial mask. Calima art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum

Urn. Biconical ossuary, 8-9th c. BC. Etruscan art. Jewelry. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia

Malekula mask
Malekula ceremonial faced mask. Art from Melanesia. Sculpture on wood. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of African and Oceanic Arts. Proc: VANUATU

Abbas II Hilmi. Viceroy of Egypt, 1892
ABBAS II HILMI (1874-1944). Viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914). The Marquis de Reverseux gives to the new Khedive (Viceroy) the Grand Cordon of the Legion d Honneur in Cairo

A wedding in the Russian embassy chapel in London
With crowns, candles, rings and wine : a wedding in the Russian embassy chapel in London when Countess Tolstoi was married there according to the rites of the Orthodox Greek Church. Date: 1912

Aboriginal burial site in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
Western explorer examining an aboriginal burial site in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). There is a ship on the sea in the background. Date: 1803

Picture of St Theobald
Illustration of ceremony with key noting: 1. Place of the Masters, 2. Place of apprentices, 3. Grand Master, 4. Orator, 5. Secretary, 6. The Adept, 7. Master of the ceremonies, 8&9

Participants in female circumcision ceremony, Africa
Participants in a female circumcision ceremony line up in Ubangi-Shari (Oubangi Chari), a French colony in central Africa, now part of the Central African Republic

Freemasonry Assembly to receive the Masters (18th c.). Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Historical Archive of Madrid

High Mass. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Palm Sunday procession in France. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Native American ceremonies from Mexico. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Moon worship in Africa. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Tomb for Native American chiefs in Virginia. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Depiction of Hindu worhip with fakirs. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Native American worship in Virginia. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

A Turkish marriage procession. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Buddhist temple. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

The Hindu god Ganesh with the head of an elephant. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Moslem festival at Bairam. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Three depictions of Dervishes and one of a Turk at prayer. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Freemasons in their hall. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Mecca. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Anglican Christians celebrating Communion in St Pauls Cathe

Lutheran Christians celebrating Communion. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Armenian Christians commemorating the dead. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Orthodox Christian baptism in the Jordon. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Depiction sacraments of Extreme unction and Confession. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Depictions of Baptism. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Depictions of the Inquisition. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Jewish ceremonies and feasts. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Coronation 1937 - King George VI standing before the assembl
Beginning of the service at the Coronation of King George VI is The Recognition. The King, stands before the Assembly while the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang, presents him

LA Salles Last Prayer
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French churchman, educator and benefactor, founder of the Freres Chretiens, quits his deathbed to receive the last rites. Date: 1651 - 1719

Initiation Rite
If we can believe Leo Taxil, some of the initiation rites of the Masons are little more than schoolboy pranks... Date: 1890s

American Indians. The Rites of the Red Man - Sun worship in
A Blackfoot mother holding up her baby to be blessed by the rising sun

Rite of Simcha Tora in Judaism
The Jewish rite of Simcha Tora or rejoicing the law (opening and closing of the lessons of the law) on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles

Furneral of Patroclus
The funeral rites of Patroclus

Robbing Graves
Witches rob graves and gallows for little bits of this and that which will come in handy for their magical rites

Service for Titanic
Service held aboard the Mackay Bennett after picking up some 100 bodies at the site of the wreck of the Titanic

Institution of the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome
Numa Pompilius institutes the Vestal Virgins, four priestesses of Vesta (goddess of the hearth) who performed sacred rites for the community

Funeral rites for a cat, now mummified in ancient Egypt

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