Ritual Collection (page 11)

Relief of Rameses II kneeling before Amun Mut & Khons, The Ramesseum, Luxor, Egypt, c1250 BC
Relief showing Rameses II kneeling before Amun Mut & Khons, The Ramesseum, Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt. Rameses II reigned between 1279 BC and 1213 BC

Relief showing Rameses II before Min, The Ramesseum, Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, c1250 BC
Relief showing Rameses II before Min (fertility god), The Ramesseum, Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt. Rameses II reigned between 1279 BC and 1213 BC

Painted relief of the Pharaoh before Thoth (Ibis-headed god), Temple of Sethos I, Egypt, c1280 BC
Painted relief of the Pharaoh before Thoth (Ibis-headed god), Temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c1280 BC. The Pharaoh before Thoth (Ibis-headed god)

Shakers near Lebanon, c1870. Artist: Currier and Ives
Shakers near Lebanon, c1870. Members of the Mount Lebanon Shaker Community, Lebanon Springs, New York State, dancing at their meeting

Ceremony of blessing the river Neva, St Petersburg, by Russian Orthodox priests, 1895. The blessing of the Neva was an annual event, which took place in the presence of the Tsar

Brahmin funeral, India, mid 19th century. Artist: E Beau
Brahmin funeral, India, mid 19th century. Cremation on a funeral pyre. From L Inde Francaise

Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Artist: Emmanuel Adolphe Midy
Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Men and a woman walking on hot embers observed by Europeans. From L Inde Francaise

Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, c1st century BC-1st century AD
Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, dedicated to the rites of Dionysius, Pompeii, Italy, c1st century BC-1st century AD

Roman soldiers taking part in decursio, the ritual circling of funeral pyre, c180-196
Roman soldiers taking part in decursio - ritual circling of funeral pyre, c180-196. Detail of a relief from the Antonine Column, Rome

Bronze ritual vessel, Shang dynasty, China, 12th century BC

The Monarch, at the Beginning of the Rural Year, Opened the First Furrow, 1847. Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
The Monarch, at the Beginning of the Rural Year, Opened the First Furrow, 1847. A print from 19th Century Egypt, published 1847

Napoleons funeral cortege, St Helena, 1821 (1826). The body of Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815, being borne to the open grave by British soldiers

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, 13th century. Jesus, with Joseph on the left and Mary on the right. From an Armenian manuscript of the Gospels

Shakers dancing at a meeting, Lebanon Springs, New York, USA, 1870. The men and women of the Mount Lebanon Community dance separately

Mass in the country around Rome, late 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Nicolas Antoine Taunay
Mass in the country around Rome, late 18th/early 19th century. From the Musee de la Chartreuse, Douai, France

Mass said by the canon de la Porte, or the main altar of Notre Dame, Paris, 1708-1710. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Roman relief showing the ritual plowing of the boundaries of a new city, from the British Museums collection

Celtic flesh hook, 6th century
Celtic flesh hook (their purpose is unknown, but are possibly ritual objects) from County Antrim, Ireland, from the British Museums collection, 6th century

African Bronze Ofo Ritual Casting, Western Ibo. The Ofo is a sacred symbol of worship of the Igbo people. At British Museum

Dervishes, Constantinople, Turkey, 1853. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing

Dervishes, 19th century. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing and performing the ritual of remembering God in a self-induced ecstatic trance

Gundestrup Cauldron, Celtic ritual vessel, 2nd century BC. Silver partially gilded bowl. Inside on the right is Cernunnos, King of the animals. From the Danish National Museum, Copenhagen

Human sacrifice, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 1912. Decapitation of a victim tied to a stake in front of the image of a Voodoo god during a Voodoo ceremony

The Chichester Extinguisher, 1868. This cartoon depicts the Bishop of Chichester berating his ritualist parson. The parson is wearing ornate vestments and is burning incense

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