by mrvaldesogo | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
Egyptian art had a magical-functional purpose and did not take into consideration the figure of the spectator. For that reason, we cannot consider Egyptian art from just an aesthetic empiricism. Which makes art feel in a subjective way through sensations. We must read...
by mrvaldesogo | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
The tomb of Tutankhmun is more than a mask, a mummy, Howard Carter… It is an historical document with lots of useful information about the funerary belief in Ancient Egypt. Let’s focus now on the funerary chamber. The decoration of the funerary chamber....
by mrvaldesogo | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
During the reign of Akhenaten many things changed in Ancient Egypt. The new Pharaoh modified the artistic canon, his residence, the religion, the cult…but what happened with the death? Documents coming from that period of the history of Ancient Egypt show a belief on...
by mrvaldesogo | Sep 11, 2014 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
Let’s make a reflection about the expression “Djat Ra” belonging to the Opening of the Mouth ceremony of Ancient Egypt and that we saw in a previous post. It appears in a resurrection scene in the tomb of Qar; according to the inscription the...
by mrvaldesogo | Jul 31, 2014 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
In Ancient Egypt Isis, Nephtys, Neith and Serket formed a team of four goddesses, who protected the caponic jars containing the organs of the dead. For that reason Egyptians depicted these four goddesses in the canopic chests and sometimes also in sarcophagi. We know...