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Isis and Nephthys: Key for the Eternity of “Qurna Queen”.

Isis and Nephthys: Key for the Eternity of “Qurna Queen”.

by mrvaldesogo | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt", Sin categoría

I would like to focus on an exceptional coffin located in the National Museum of Scotland. Because it contains a depiction of Isis and Nephthys, that well deserves a mention. 1. Some Information about the Coffin of “Qurna Queen”. Flinders Petrie discovered...
Isis and Nephthys Separated after Death.

Isis and Nephthys Separated after Death.

by mrvaldesogo | Oct 20, 2020 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

In this post I would like to focus on two wooden sculptures of Isis and Nephthys. They are nowadays in two different museums; one is in the Art and History Museum of Brussels and the other one in the Museum of Fine Arts of Budapest. Although they are noadays separated...

The High Rank of Artist in Ancient Egypt

by mrvaldesogo | Oct 4, 2020 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

The artist in Ancient Egypt was part of the elite and worked very close to the Court. But his importance did not come from his proximity to the Royal House. Let’s see more about it… 1. The Egyptian artists were specialised workers. Very early in history in...
The Anonymity of Art in Ancient Egypt.

The Anonymity of Art in Ancient Egypt.

by mrvaldesogo | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

How many great works of art in Ancient Egypt do we know? thousands!!! and yet … how many names of Egyptian artists (sculptors, draftsmen, painters …) do we know? I am sure you have to think…. Who made the Triads of Mycerinus? We refer to Michelangelo’s...
The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony on a “Living Image”?

The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony on a “Living Image”?

by mrvaldesogo | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

In Ancient Egypt there were many practices in the funerary rite to grant the dead’s resurrection. The most represented, but also very unkown, was the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony. The Opening of The Mouth Ceremony a group of gestures. It was a group of...
Hair and Movement in the Post-Amarna Period.

Hair and Movement in the Post-Amarna Period.

by mrvaldesogo | Jun 27, 2020 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

Pa-aton-em-heb (“The Sun Disk is in Feast”), was “Royal Singer” of the end of the Amarna period. It seems that his tomb was originally in Saqqara (although the location remains unknown) and was dismantled. Some blocks of the chapel are nowadays...
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