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awakeningapril: Ptolemaic-Egyptian Art (Which I hate, fyi)  … but I still took the photo.  (Shot @ MET Museum, NYC) Ptolemaic or Roman-era painted linen shroud. You have no idea how much rummaging it took for me to find this. :) (I thought the figure at centre was a goddess; I think it’s actually the deceased woman.)p

awakeningapril:

Ptolemaic-Egyptian Art (Which I hate, fyi)  … but I still took the photo.  (Shot @ MET Museum, NYC)

Ptolemaic or Roman-era painted linen shroud. You have no idea how much rummaging it took for me to find this. :) (I thought the figure at centre was a goddess; I think it’s actually the deceased woman.)

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“Egyptian mummy shroud from Dynasty 26 (circa 600 B.C.), cartonnage and linen ($6,420).” (I guess that’s what it sold for.)

“Egyptian mummy shroud from Dynasty 26 (circa 600 B.C.), cartonnage and linen ($6,420).” (I guess that’s what it sold for.)

nile-flood: 棺の蓋の彫りに人気の女神様 Aha! I am very pleased to see this. This winged goddess frequently appears on sarcophagi, mummy cases, etc, but I’ve sometimes been confused by her iconography - sundisc, wings, and ostrich feathers. Here her name is spelled out: this is unmistakably Nut. (It helps that I’ve also recently read a little about Nut’s role as the “sky” of the coffin, spreading her protective wings over the mummy inside.)

nile-flood:

棺の蓋の彫りに人気の女神様

Aha! I am very pleased to see this. This winged goddess frequently appears on sarcophagi, mummy cases, etc, but I’ve sometimes been confused by her iconography - sundisc, wings, and ostrich feathers. Here her name is spelled out: this is unmistakably Nut. (It helps that I’ve also recently read a little about Nut’s role as the “sky” of the coffin, spreading her protective wings over the mummy inside.)

2010_1106_132755AA EGYPTIAN MUSEUM TURIN by Hans Ollermann on Flickr. Ra in the form of The Great Cat!

2010_1106_132755AA EGYPTIAN MUSEUM TURIN by Hans Ollermann on Flickr.

Ra in the form of The Great Cat!

xfenrisx: even an inner wooden coffin deserved such an elaborate treatment for the queen it housed. photo by: fenris Another stunning snap.

xfenrisx:

even an inner wooden coffin deserved such an elaborate treatment for the queen it housed.

photo by: fenris

Another stunning snap.

spiritsdancinginthenight: Queen Tiye, Tutankhamen’s Grandmother… Hair that has survived thousands of centuries… Maybe she’s born with it… Maybe it’s some ancient Egyptian formula shampoo that needs to discover it’s way onto modern day shelves. According to the experts it’s her own hair mixed into a hairpiece. It’s amazing to think that one day many many moons ago this woman was living and breathing, as alive as you or I… yet the world has continued to turn thousands and thousands of centuries later.

spiritsdancinginthenight:

Queen Tiye, Tutankhamen’s Grandmother…

Hair that has survived thousands of centuries… Maybe she’s born with it… Maybe it’s some ancient Egyptian formula shampoo that needs to discover it’s way onto modern day shelves. According to the experts it’s her own hair mixed into a hairpiece. It’s amazing to think that one day many many moons ago this woman was living and breathing, as alive as you or I… yet the world has continued to turn thousands and thousands of centuries later.

centuriespast: Mummy case945–712 B.C.Egyptian 22nd Dynasty  Princeton University Art Museum I am not at all sure who this cheeky fellow is. Probably a ba-bird, but then, what’s with the flail and the feather? *sigh* This is what happens when you’re a dabbler.

centuriespast:

Mummy case
945–712 B.C.

Egyptian 

22nd Dynasty 

Princeton University Art Museum

I am not at all sure who this cheeky fellow is. Probably a ba-bird, but then, what’s with the flail and the feather? *sigh* This is what happens when you’re a dabbler.

thingswoolike: Museo Egipcio de Turín , Sarcófago interior de Kha (by Soloegipto)

thingswoolike:

Museo Egipcio de Turín , Sarcófago interior de Kha (by Soloegipto)

department-of-misanthropology: I have class one story up from this guy. We saw this on our recent visit. There were a couple of bird mummies there which weren’t the species you might have expected - why an eagle for Horus?

department-of-misanthropology:

I have class one story up from this guy.

We saw this on our recent visit. There were a couple of bird mummies there which weren’t the species you might have expected - why an eagle for Horus?

aboutegypt: Mummy (by TrishaRia)

aboutegypt:

Mummy (by TrishaRia)

aboutegypt: Mummy (by TrishaRia)

aboutegypt:

Mummy (by TrishaRia)

The sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III (by richardr).

The sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III (by richardr).

superherocomics: From The Marvel Family #79 (Fawcett Publications, January 1953), it’s “The Dynasty Of Horror!” The story was written by Otto Binder and drawn by C.C. Beck (pencils) and Pete Costanza (inks). Mummy Dearest

superherocomics:

From The Marvel Family #79 (Fawcett Publications, January 1953), it’s “The Dynasty Of Horror!” The story was written by Otto Binder and drawn by C.C. Beck (pencils) and Pete Costanza (inks).

Mummy Dearest