Ritual Collection (page 7)

Egypt. Relief with traces of polychromy depicting Riy with h
Relief with traces of polychromy depicting Riy with his wife Maya and some priests at a table of offerings. Dynasties 18-19. New Kingdom. C.1320-1290 BC. Limestone. Memphis. Saqqara. Neues Museum

Ancient Art. Anatolia Peninsula. Turkey. Ritual vessel shape
Ancient Art. Anatolia Peninsula. Turkey. Between 2000-1750 BC Mesopotamian Assyrian merchants established trading colonies in Anatolia. The center was Kanesh Kharum. Ritual vessel shape of a lion

Spain. Zaragoza. Consecration of the Basilica of El Pilar. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872. Colored

Victory goddesses decorate candelabras and sacrifice bulls
Roman art. Victory goddesses decorate candelabras and sacrifice bulls. Part of the frieze from the central building of Trajans Forum in Rome completed in 112 AD. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Italy. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE). Altar with a
Italy. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE) with an altar depicting a sacrificial scen. The sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest, a veil over his head

Roman Art. Italy. Pompeii. Altar of Vespasian, (69-79 CE). T
Roman Art. Pompeii. Altar of Vespasian, Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE). The relief shows a sacrificial scene: the sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest

Idol of Chillaron. Bronze Age 1, III-II millennium BC. Archa
Idol of Chillaron. Quartzite. Their faces are etched schematic anthropomorphic representations on one side, the female and male on the other, related to fertility cults and rituals

Prehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. 50 BC. N
Prehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. Carriage sacrificed in a west Jutland. Ceremonial carriages. Probably made in central Europe by Celtic artisans. 50 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Metal Age. Golden bowls. 1000-800 BC. From Borgbjerg Banke
Art. Prehistory. Metal Age. Golden bowls. 1000-800 BC. Decorated with sun symbols, and several have a handle with a horses head. Used as drinking cups at rituals feasts

Curved swords. From Rorby, Zealand. C. 1550 BC. Bronze Age
Curved swords sacrificed in a bog. C. 1550 BC. Bronze Age. Made in Scandinavia. From Rorby, western Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Trepanned skull of a man. 3500-3400 BC. Denmark
Trepanned skull of a man. 21-35 years old. 3500-3400 BC. From Dojringe Mose, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Trepanned skull. Neolithic Period. Denmark
Trepanned skull. From a grave in Naes, Falster. Neolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Metal Age. Northern Europe. The round shields. Period 1100-7
Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Northern Europe. The round shields were used in the rituals. They were probably imported from central Europe and are from the period 1100-700 BC

Bronze Age. Hair in the form of braided locks was also sacrifice in the bogs. Sometimes several plaits were tied together. These deposits can be seen as both small and large sacrifices

Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Male figure of oak, from Broddenbjerg Bog, central Jutland. Sacrifices of pots must have taken place around the wooden figure

Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figure
Prehistory. Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figures. Are furnished with pegs. C. 800 BC. Fardal, central Jutland. Denmark. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Ancient Art. Mediterranean area. Altar and goddess. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark

Ancient Art. Mediterranean area. Altar. Relief depicting Medusa. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark

Etruscan Art. Italy. In honour of the ancestors. Urns-face
Etruscan Art. Italy. In honour of the ancestors. Symbolic faces were the focus and memorials held at the graveside. Symbolised Urns-face. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhage. Denmark

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Assyrian Period (912-612 BC). Waterbasin from the Temple of Ashur. 704-681 B.C. Basalt. Decorated with reliefs depicting the rituals of water. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Cuneiform writing. Clay tablets written with prayers and rituals against the evil eye and the vision of the underworld. 9th-7th Centuries B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. IV Dynasty. The Khufu ship. Detail. It was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC

Mycenaean art. Greece. Female figure with ritual gesture and necklace. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Presentation at the Inca temple of three virgins to be consecrated to the sun. Colored engraving, 1820

Egyptian Art. Cornice Block with relief showing the Baptism of Pharaoh Roman Period. 41- 68 A.D. Sandstone. 1st Cataract, Philae, Temple of Harendotes. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York

Relief depicting gods Horus and Thoth blessing a Ptolemaic pharaoh. Temple of Horus. Edfu. Egypt

Gold phiale. Libation bowl. 4th-3rd century B. C. Metropolita
Greek Art. Hellenistic. Gold phiale. Libation bowl. 4th-3rd century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Children of Ramses II carrying flowers. Relief. Luxor temple
EGYPTIAN ART. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II

The Ain Dara temple. Around Aleppo. Syria
The Ain Dara temple. Dating to between the 10th and 8th century B.C. First, ritual pool. Around Aleppo. Syria

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Seated gods. Egypt
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Seated gods. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Nephthys. Seated figure
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Nephthys. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. God Horus. Seated figur
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. God Horus. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. God Osiris. Seated figu
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. God Osiris. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. God Amun. Seated figure
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. God Amun. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Hathor. Seated figure
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Hathor. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Male figure flanked by
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Male figure flanked by Maat, with ostrich feather headdress. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Horus the Younger and A
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior depicting gods Horus the Younger and Ammit. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Anubis. Egypt
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Anubis. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Sacred solar boat. Egyp
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Sacred solar boat. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Pharaoh making an offer
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Pharaoh making an offering of incense to the god Osiris. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior depicting gods Thoth, Horus the Younger and Ammit. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Horus and Anubis. Reli
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Horus and Anubis. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Priest performing a ritual of incense before an offering tab
Relief depicting a priest performing a ritual of incense before an offering table. New Kingdom. Temple of Luxor. Egypt

Epidaurus. Hestiatorion
GREEK ART. Ruins of HESTIATORION built between the IV-III centuries BC. It was identified as gym but recent research is defined as a building of Asclepius, the god of medicine. Epidaurus

The Listening Dionysus, God of the grape harvest, wine-making and wine, of ritual madness and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology Date: 1910

Horseplay
This is some sort of ritual amongst the fire-fighters. Photo caption reads horseplay.. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

Gandhi in India 1930
MAHATMA GANDHI collecting ritual salt in Poona, India. Date: 1869 - 1948

Brighton Postcards
Sending postcards is part of the holiday ritual : this display is at Brighton. Is this one too saucy for Auntie Glad ? Date: 1962

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