by mrvaldesogo | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
The Senet game of Ancient Egypt was a board game for leisure in common life, which also had its funerary side. It was present in the wall decoration and was part of the funerary equipment. According to it, the deceased played against the death and once he or she...
by mrvaldesogo | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
The Senet game in the funerary sphere was a path to eternity. The deceased played alone this “countdown” to the eternal life. To arrive to the last square meant that he or she was going to live forever. At that point the decoration on the last three...
by mrvaldesogo | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
The senet was a board game in Ancient Egypt. In the daily life it was just a leisure game. In the funerary sphere it was more than just a game, but a way to reach the eternity. Basics on the Senet Game. The board was made of wood and was formed by thirty squares...
by mrvaldesogo | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
Recently we posted about the decoration on the upper register of the funerary mask of Artemidora. In it, we could differentiate two main elements: to the mourning ritual (related to the osirian legend) at both ends of the scene and the solar resurrection in the...
by mrvaldesogo | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
We know how important was the decoration on the corpse in Ancient Egypt. The egyptian artist selected the most effective iconography for the benefit of the deceased. Among the most requested images were those of the two mourners Isis and Nephthys. Because, in their...
by mrvaldesogo | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
Mourners shake and pull their hair on reliefs and paintings from ancient Egypt. They took part in funerary ceremonies in ancient Egypt, contributing to the dead’s resurrection in the afterlife. Hair played a clear role in these rites. In this publication Mª Rosa...