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egypt-museum: “ Corselet of Tutankhamun This combined corselet, collar, and pectoral, is a magnificent piece of jewelry considered to be a royal and official article of clothing, depicted in relief and sculpture throughout the Egyptian history. In...

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Corselet of Tutankhamun

This combined corselet, collar, and pectoral, is a magnificent piece of jewelry considered to be a royal and official article of clothing, depicted in relief and sculpture throughout the Egyptian history.

In the New Kingdom, this corselet appears especially in divine portrayal, decorated with feather patterns and always worn with the short, close-fitting kilt. Tutankhamun’s corselet is made of two rectangles of stylized feathers, divided into rows of alternating blue turquoise, lapis lazuli, golden chevrons, or inverted V’s, and triangles of red glass.

The front of the collar depicts the king before Amun, lord of Karnak; Atum, the god of creation in Heliopolis; and the vulture-headed goddess Iusaaset, wearing the double crown and extending reeds of millions of years to the king. Serving as counterpoise, on the rear of the collar is a similar pendant, composed of a scarab, flanked by two uraei, or cobras. Read More »

2020-09-23 · 567 views
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Adoration of Amun

 starsandepithets

O, Amun, Master of Thebes, He is the one who is Hidden,
Maker of men, beneath his soles springs the Inundation,
Lord of Myrrh, High of his feathers, Whose names are plentiful,
He who loves silence, and he who watches over the pitiful.

28.06.17

2020-09-23 · 347 views
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12664The meteoritic origin of Tutankhamun’s iron dagger blade - Comelli - 2016 - Meteoritics & Planetary Science - Wiley Online Library

…  Recently it has been reported that the most ancient Egyptian iron artifacts, i.e., nine small beads, excavated from a tomb in Gerzeh (Egypt) and dated about 3200 BCE (Stevenson 2009), are made of meteoritic iron, carefully hammered into thin sheets (Johnson et al. 2013; Rehren et al. 2013). Our finding confirms that excavations of important burials, including that of King Tutankhamun, have uncovered pre‐Iron Age artifacts of meteoritic origin (Johnson et al. 2013).

As the only two valuable iron artifacts from ancient Egypt so far accurately analyzed are of meteoritic origin, we suggest that ancient Egyptian attributed great value to meteoritic iron for the production of fine ornamental or ceremonial objects up until the 14th C. BCE. Smelting of iron, if any, has likely produced low‐quality iron to be forged into precious objects. In this context, the high manufacturing quality of Tutankhamun’s dagger blade is evidence of early successful iron smithing in the 14th C. BCE. Indeed, only further in situ, nondestructive compositional analysis of other time‐constrained ancient iron artifacts present in world collections, which include the other iron objects discovered in Tutankhamun’s tomb, will provide significant insights into the use of meteoritic iron and into the reconstruction of the evolution of the metal working technologies in the Mediterranean. Read More »

2020-09-23 · 405 views
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Statues of protective lions pre-dated the use of gargoyles, which can be seen throughout Europe.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1203041/art-culture

2020-09-23 · 399 views
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dwellerinthelibrary: “A Graeco-Roman ceremonial tunic from a Second Century CE tomb in Saqqara, now in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. It has some terrific composite deities - a falcon-headed crocodile with hands, and a cobra-crocodile-scarab. ” WANT!!!

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A Graeco-Roman ceremonial tunic from a Second Century CE tomb in Saqqara, now in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. It has some terrific composite deities - a falcon-headed crocodile with hands, and a cobra-crocodile-scarab.

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WANT!!!

2020-09-23 · 286 views
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Ointment Jar Surmounted by a Lion

This cylindrical alabaster jar, used as an unguent or perfume container, is a masterpiece of unusual form and design. The lid is adorned with the figure of a small lion, its mouth open and an ivory tongue sticking out.

Around the jar are scenes of lions and dogs hunting bulls and gazelles, incised and stained with red, green, and blue paint.

The two columns on either side have lotus capitals supporting the head of the protector god, Bes. The jar rests on crossed bars ending in the heads of the traditional foes of Egypt.

From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 62119

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me, who has studied Ancient Egypt since childhood: Blep.

2020-09-20 · 1463 views · 1 repost
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egypt-museum: “ Comb of King Djet Some important artifacts were found in the tomb of the 1st Dynasty king Djet at Abydos in Petrie’s Tomb Z, such as this wide-toothed comb, which is made of hippopotamus ivory. The king’s name is engraved inside the...

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Comb of King Djet

Some important artifacts were found in the tomb of the 1st Dynasty king Djet at Abydos in Petrie’s Tomb Z, such as this wide-toothed comb, which is made of hippopotamus ivory.

The king’s name is engraved inside the serekh, or palace facade. It is the earliest surviving depiction of the heavens symbolized by the outspread wings of a falcon. The wings carry the barque of Seker, below the celestial barque Djet’s serekh is surrounded by two ‘was’ scepters and one Ankh-sign.

Early Dynastic Period, 1st Dynasty, around 2980 BCE. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 47176

2020-09-20 · 840 views
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egypt-museum: “ Figurine of a hedgehog Model of a hedgehog from Tomb 416 at Abydos, made out of Egyptian faience. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1877-1786 BC. Now in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. AN1896-1908 E.3274 ”

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Figurine of a hedgehog

Model of a hedgehog from Tomb 416 at Abydos, made out of Egyptian faience. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1877-1786 BCE. Now in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. AN1896-1908 E.3274

2020-09-20 · 803 views · 1 repost
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An alabaster (calcite) goblet from Tutankhamon’s tomb. The text around the edge reads, ‘May your spirit live, may you spend millions of years, you who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness.’

This chalice in the form of a lotus is decorated with a whorl of circles and sepals in low relief.

The handle is a lotus flower and bud supporting the symbol of eternal life.

The cup bears the names and titles of King Tutankhamun.

The text around the rim expresses wishes for the king to live millions of years and to enjoy great happiness.

On each side of the cup there are two birds.

(via The Global Egyptian Museum | JE 62125)

Translation:
“May he live, Horus ‘Strong Bull fair of births,’ the Two Goddesses 'Beautiful of ordinances, quelling the Two Lands,’ Horus of Gold 'Wearing the diadems and propitiating the Gods,’ the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands, Neb Kheperu Re, granted life.”

“Live, thy Ka, and mayst thou spend millions of years, thou lover of Thebes, sitting with thy face to the north wind, and thy eyes beholding felicity.” Read More »

2020-09-20 · 1962 views
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Speaking of crocodile mummies: The “sacred crocodile” is a recently-described cryptic species from remote desert oases in the Sahara; this was apparently the crocodile species venerated in Sobek-worship ceremonies in Ancient Egypt, and DNA from crocodile mummies helped reveal the species. They’re smaller and much friendlier than Nile crocodiles.

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This is a mummified crocodile from Egypt, about 2,500 years old, now at the British Museum. The museum put scans of the crocodile on display in 2015-2016. The species is probably the “sacred crocodile.”

And here’s a living sacred crocodile.

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They’re (relatively) friendly, respected by some modern West African people, and docile enough to have been housed by Ancient Egyptians.

An excerpt:

There was anecdotal evidence about the weird behaviour of this crocodile. Many people, from Herodotus to current researchers, have described a sort of Nile crocodile that behaved differently. From my reading of the earlier literature about the exploration of the Nile, there were some suggestions of a smaller crocodile hanging out in the estuaries while the large, aggressive ones that everyone was afraid of lived in the middle of the Nile. Matt Shirley and I have thought about analysing the fine-scale ecological differences between the two to see if you could tap into how they could have overlapped in the Nile for so long before the recent period. Did they use different habitats or have different prey? Read More »

2020-09-20 · 2200 views · 1 repost
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Sandstone conglomerate statue of Prince Khaemwaset, a son of Ramses II. He initiated so many restorations of ancient monuments, a number of Egyptologists consider him the first member of their profession.

This statue now lives at the British Museum - pic from wikipedja

2020-09-17 · 1714 views · 1 repost
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Ramses II as a child protected by Horus - New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty

Cairo Museum

2020-09-17 · 618 views
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Iah or Aah, the Moon god.  Many linguists are of the opinion that his name is the source of the names Jehovah, YHVH, Jah, and Allah (who was originally a pagan Moon god).

2020-09-17 · 410 views
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