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Female deities from various cultures who have horns or antlers upon their heads. Subcategories. ... Search. Category: Horned goddesses. 1 language ...
The armour was a gift from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to the English king Henry VIII, following their alliance in the War of the League of Cambrai. The suit was elaborate and intended for display at tournament parades. It is unclear who was the intended wearer of the armour, but it appears to have been modelled on one of Henry's court ...
These were probably used for religious ceremonial or ritual purposes, as horns tend to be impractical on a combat helmet. Pages in category "Horned helmets" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The hemhem crown consisted of three atefs (which may be called a triple atef [2]), two uraei, two ram's horns, and three to six solar disks. The first appearance of the hemhem crown is during the reign of Akhenaten in the 14th century BC, appearing as an alternative to the atef crown, and it underwent development between the 18th and 21st ...
In Norse mythology, Gjallarhorn (Old Norse: [ˈɡjɑlːɑrˌhorn]; "hollering horn" [1] or "the loud sounding horn" [2]) is a horn associated with the god Heimdallr and the wise being Mímir. The sound of Heimdallr 's horn will herald the beginning of Ragnarök , the sound of which will be heard in all corners of the world.
The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...
Rozhoks from the Russian Ethnographic Museum, first half of 20th century. The rozhok (Russian: рожок) is an ancient Russian wooden trumpet, a relative of the cornett, which has remained in continuous use until the present day. [1]