Seshat – Goddess of Scribes
Page Strong | April 29, 2009
Seshat is the ancient Egyptian word for “she who scrivens” or “female scribe” and yet, she was an important figure in the ancient Egyptian pantheon despite her lack of a personal name.
How To Make An Egyptian Mummy: Step Six – Graeco-Roman Mummies
Page Strong | April 25, 2009
The process of embalming a Graeco-Roman mummy was usually more careless than the dynastic mummifications. During the early Graeco-Roman period the internal organs were removed, preserved using natron, then returned to the body. This practice fell out of favor in the later Graeco-Roman period. During this period, it was not a common practice to have even one coffin, let alone the numerous coffins that were expected during the dynastic periods. Instead, the Graeco-Roman embalmers found they could make their mummies aesthetically pleasing my wrapping them in intricate geometric patterns. These complex wrappings were often accompanied by death masks.
How To Make An Egyptian Mummy: Step Five – The Opening of the Mouth
Page Strong | April 22, 2009
“Awake!…May you be alert as a living one, rejuvenated every day, healthy in millions of occasions of god sleep, while the gods protect you, protection being around you every day.”
– Hymn for Pa-nefer
How To Make An Egyptian Mummy: Step Four – Wrapping the Mummy
Page Strong | April 18, 2009
The body has been mostly dried and once again cleaned. It is now time to wrap the body in linen. For this chapter on How To Make An Egyptian Mummy, the focus will be on pharaonic mummies. Greaco-Roman mummies will be discussed in a later chapter.
How to Make an Egyptian Mummy: Step Three – Drying the Body
Page Strong | April 15, 2009
Dr. Brier and Dr. Wade hypothesized that a total of 35 days coated in natron would sufficiently remove the moisture from the body. The doctors left their modern mummy beneath the natron for the allotted 35 days. Upon their removal of the natron, which had caked solid around the body, they found him looking dry and dark, just as the ancient Egyptian mummies looked, but he still retained a little moisture.
.:
The Chocolate Archaeologist :.- The First Day of Class August 31, 2010
- Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs August 19, 2010
- One Last Update from the North Kaibab July 31, 2010
.: Page's Twitter :.
We tend to associate drugs that cure diseases with modern medicine, but it's becoming increasingly clear that... http://fb.me/IhKzluUc
Egyptology professor and Department Chair John Darnell and his team worked their way through the previously... http://fb.me/I8Sl7pIv
@EgyTweets Thanks for the RT!
@nancystrong Thank you for RTing! ILYB!!!
@Akhetaten thanks for the RT!