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Hieroglyphics above each painting make it clear that the pharaoh's first, second, seventh and 15th sons, at the very least, were buried in Tomb 5. Many of the engravings show Ramesses presenting one or another of the newly deceased young men to Re-Harakhty, the god of the sun; Horus, the falcon-headed god of the sky; or Hathor, goddess of motherhood, who is often depicted as a cow. These scenes reflect the belief that pharaohs were demigods while alive and that life was merely a short-term way station on the road to full deity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: SECRETS OF THE LOST TOMB | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

...Hittite princesses were Ramesses' seventh and eighth wives; he had taken his first two, Nefertari and Istnofret, at least a decade before he ascended to the throne. Then there was also a harem. "If he got tired of huntin', shootin', rootin' and tootin'," says Liverpool's Kitchen, "he could wander through the garden and blow a kiss at one of these ladies." By the time he took over from Seti, Ramesses had at least five sons and two daughters. One of Istnofret's sons was Merneptah, Ramesses' 13th boy, who eventually succeeded him (the older ones are presumed to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: SECRETS OF THE LOST TOMB | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

...person who relies on teaching jobs forpaying my rent, [preregistration] would create thepossibility for more stability and security andplanning," says Lida Junghans, a seventh-yearanthropology student who was a TF for ForeignCultures 62, "Chinese Family, Marriage andKinship...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Preregistration: Administrative Boon or Burden? | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

When Allard called upon her to relieve Brown in yesterday's final game, Cupp once again pitched brilliantly. She held the Lady Friars scoreless from the third through the eighth innings. If Harvard had only converted on one of its four chances with runners in scoring position in the seventh or eighth innings, Cupp would have gone out with the W and the championship...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: A 'Cupp'le Great Days | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

...assume we'll get beat most of the time," Pyka said. "We're hoping to take seventh. But that's not really a defeatist attitude. It's like Harvard [men's basketball] playing the Celtics...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: Harvard Women's Water Polo Off to NCAA's at Maryland | 5/12/1995 | See Source »

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