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The Egyptian Coffin of Iineferty and Her Two Daughters.

by mrvaldesogo | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

Egyptian coffin was a good surface for decoration. And usually this decoration was quite standard. For example, goddess Nut was depicted on the chest of the mummy, or also on the inside part of the cover, some moments of the funerary ceremony were included in the...
The Senet Game: Three Steps to Eternity.

The Senet Game: Three Steps to Eternity.

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...

The Book “Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt”…coming soon!!!!

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...

The Ancient Egyptian Mourning Ritual, existed also in Amarna?

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...

Pulling the front lock of hair in Ancient Egypt?

by mrvaldesogo | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"

In Ancient Egypt groups of common mourners walked during funerary processions making many gestures of lament: raising arms, beating their arms…One of the most typical gestures of these mourners was to pull from their lock of hair. We can watch this typical mourning...

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