The account synthesizes texts from different periods and simplifies divine identities (note182). Sexual and ritual reconstructions need their scholarly context. PDF37 is a drawing after Neferhotep tomb imagery, not an independent artifact.
A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Ancient Egypt
Forsyth connects Hathor mythology with festival intoxication, elite feasts and rituals of divine encounter.
chap. 4, “Ancient Egypt”
chap. 4, “Ancient Egypt”
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Forsyth connects Hathor mythology with festival intoxication, elite feasts and rituals of divine encounter.
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