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ANKH was written by Pasi Janhunen and illustrated by Janhunen and cartoonist Petri Hiltunen. [1] The design and gameplay of ANKH is similar to the original Dungeons & Dragons game, with some elements borrowed from RuneQuest. A review in the Finnish role-playing game magazine Sininen Lohikäärme compared the game system to that of Tunnels ...
Shield of El Cid, a shield which bears the image of a fierce shining golden dragon. [1] Svalinn, a shield which stands before the sun and protects Earth from burning. If the shield were to fall from its frontal position, the mountains and seas would burn up. (Norse mythology) Dubán, the shield of Cú Chulainn. (Irish mythology)
Ankh signs in two-dimensional art were typically painted blue or black. [24] The earliest ankh amulets were often made of gold or electrum, a gold and silver alloy. Egyptian faience, a ceramic that was usually blue or green, was the most common material for ankh amulets in later times, perhaps because its color represented life and regeneration ...
Senewosret-Ankh (or Sesostris-Ankh, Senusret-Ankh) was High Priest of Ptah in Memphis, Royal Sculptor, and Builder likely during the time of Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty. His mastaba was discovered in 1933 near the pyramid of Senusret I at Lisht. The tomb's superstructure was thoroughly destroyed because the stones had been removed.
Ankh: Battle of the Gods (also known as Ankh 3 and Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods) is a third-person adventure video game, released in 2007 for the Windows and Macintosh computers, developed by Deck13 and published by BHV Software. As with Ankh and Ankh: Heart of Osiris, Ankh: Battle of the Gods utilises a modified version of the Ogre 3D graphics ...
Ankh spawned two sequels: Ankh: Heart of Osiris and Ankh: Battle of the Gods. In 2006, the original Ankh was ported to Linux [3] and OS X. A Special Edition of the game was released in the UK in February 2007. [4] A Nintendo DS port was released in 2008 under the title Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King (German: Ankh: Der Fluch des Skarabäenkönigs).
The Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu (Cairo A 9422, formerly Bulaq 666) is a painted, wooden offering stele.The stele is a fairly typical example of a Theban offering stele from the late Third Intermediate Period, [4] dating to the late 25th Dynasty/early 26th Dynasty. [5]
The lower terrace measures 120 m (390 ft) deep by 75 m (246 ft) wide and was enclosed by a wall with a single 2 m (6.6 ft) wide entrance gate at the centre of its east side. This terrace featured two Persea (Mimusops schimperi) trees, two T-shaped basins that held papyri and flowers, and two recumbent lion statues on the ramp balustrade.