ARCHÆOLOGY

A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES

PAUL DEVEREUX brings news of a potent Egyptian brew, solar symbols and a 3D Palæolithic map A CUP OF KINDNESS We have met Bes in previous columns – he was a rather kindly Egyptian god, associated with protection, healing, fertility and reproduction in general. Bes is depicted as a dwarfish part human, part feline being (“Bes” means “cat” in Nubian). His cult was very popular and though widespread throughout and beyond Egypt, and over a long time-span from New Kingdom Egypt (6th-11th centuries BC) up to the Roman Imperial period (30 BC-AD 486), is very poorly understood. The only firmly identified Bes cult centre in Egypt are the so-called “Bes Chambers” at Sakkara. Important to the cult were “Bes-Vases” – ceramic drinking vessels and cups, but they are enigmatic regarding…

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