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Tag: ancient egyptian mourners

Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

A Missing Mourner in a Funeral of Ancient Egypt.

Posted on 22/03/2020 by mrvaldesogo / 0 Comment

There are in museums small pieces from ancient Egypt, which are hardly paid attention. And usually they are very valuable. Sometimes because they offer relevant...

Senet board. Arizona State Museum (ASM 12496)
Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

The Senet Game: Three Steps to Eternity.

Posted on 18/12/2019 by mrvaldesogo / 0 Comment

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 par...

Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

The two Mourners in the funerary Mask of Artemidora.

Posted on 19/08/2019 by mrvaldesogo / 1 Comment

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 dece...

Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

In Ancient Egypt were Isis and Nephthys Essential in Cartonnages.

Posted on 23/04/2015 by mrvaldesogo / 0 Comment

Cartonnages in Ancient Egypt were used over the wrapped mummy mainly for mummy masks and some important parts of the body. The cartonnage of Irtirutja in the Me...

Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

Young Girls with Common Mourners in Ancient Egypt.

Posted on 19/03/2015 by mrvaldesogo / 0 Comment

Tha artist in Ancient Egypt followed the rule of depicting children with the side lock of hair. However, this archetype so common in the Old and Middle Kingdom,...

Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

Isis and Nephthys, Essential in the Ancient Egyptian Union of Re and Osiris.

Posted on 03/02/2015 by mrvaldesogo / 0 Comment

The union of Re and Osiris supposed a challenge to the Ancient Egyptian Art, since new iconography was needed for decorating the tomb walls and the papyri. From...

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