by mrvaldesogo | Mar 26, 2019 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
Isis and Nephthys are the most preeminent figures on the decoration over the mummy of Artemidora. Over the wrappings of the feet, two appliqués of gold depicted these two goddesses Isis and Nephthys on the feet of the mummy of Artemidora. Photo: www.metmuseum.org...
by mrvaldesogo | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
The most evident proof of the importance in Ancient Egypt of Isis and Nephthys in a rebirth process is in the Books of the Day and Night, which describe the journey of the sun god through the sky. According to the thought of Ancient Egypt, especially during the New...
by mrvaldesogo | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog "Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt"
It was a fact, that the ancient Egyptian corpus of images needed an iconography for expressing the union of Re and Osiris. And little by little in this iconography Isis and Nephthys, the two mourners of Osiris, became essential. In the XIX Dynasty the ancient Egyptian...
