Tomb of Tausert and Setnakht

Similarly to other Egyptian funerary rituals, the case of Paankhenamun was also buried inside of a “sarcophagus” case, a huge stone case for the coffin, and then inside of a decorated tomb, which most likely contained his most valuable personal belongings and religious symbols. The decorations often consisted of images

Meret-it-es is a mummy showcased at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. In the Egyptian section, the museum showed the multiple parts created for Meret-it-es burial. Beside the body, other items are placed in the inner coffin. It consists of a gold cartonnage on top of the mummy and 100 ushebtis surrounding the body to assist during her travels in the afterlife (“Egyptian Art”, 2015). Next, the inner coffin gets placed in the outer coffin with two inches to spare on each side (Roastofer, 2015). All artifacts were beautifully crafted, but I’m going to focus primarily on the inner coffin of Meret-it-es and its representations.

This inscription not only gives us a vivid detail of Egyptian beliefs but also the advancement and structural intelligence of the Egyptian. The inscription is located on the back of the mask in ten vertical and two horizontal protective lines of spell 151 from ancient Egypt’s Book Of The Dead. The spell refers to the opening of four doors, bricks of heaven, before reaching Thoth. Thoth was believed to be the scribe of the underworld; he was also in charge of the scales in Hall of Judgment of Heaven. Thoth used the scales to weigh the deceased heart against the feather of truth to determine if the individual was worthy to pass into the afterlife. If the heart weighed as light as a feather, not burdened with evil, the person would pass to the afterlife of heaven. Thoth would then record the results of the judgment. The inscription was intended to be a “road map” and protect for the pharaoh to use on his journey to the

Tutankhamun is one of the most famous and instantly recognisable Pharaohs of the modern world even though he lived and reigned over 3,000 years ago. The boy King was born in the 11th year of his father’s reign in 1345 BCE and died in 1327 BCE at the age of just 17 or 18 after only being in power for 8 years. Until archaeologist Howard Carter discovered his almost fully-intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 CE, the pharaoh was almost unheard of due to the common belief that he was a minor ruler, whose reign was of little consequence. However after this discovery and subsequent discoveries due to excavations, analysis of his mummy and other historical evidence, opinions changed, so much so that today Tutankhamun is recognized as an important

He finds a interesting scroll with a room that appears useless, a store room he thought. But no, he realized. It is much more than a store room, “The little room in the tomb drawing, the one for the Pharaoh’s master of storehouses. It was no room at all. It was a passage like this disguised so that the workmen could hack it out without knowing…”. Although he did not find the goblet, he found yet another clue.

If you want to know what her name is her name is queen Tiye. She is married to Amenhotep III and she had 8 kids and their name are Akhenaten, Tuthmose, Sitamun, Henut-taneb, Isis, Nebet-iah, and Baketaten. Queen Tiye mother and father names are used to be queen Yuya and king Tuya but they past away. Then we queen Tyie was gave birth to her kids then i think either 2 or 3 year ago one of her son died. She was a queen of Egypt of the 18th dynasty. She had exerted an enormous and a big influence of her dear husband and her son. Queen tiye believed in a formal traditional polytheistic in her own religion in Egypt. So she really wanted to do something about it. After she completed her mission of what she was doing. She died in her early sixites

The first blog post I want to discuss is titled “Tuesday Tomb-KV2”. This post covers Egyptology as it focuses around the history and design of the tomb of Ramesses the IV. The tomb is a little over 3000 years old and located in the Valley of the Kings. Although the tomb was completed it is

These royal tombs had three parts a dromos or long corridor, leading to the entrance, and from there to the burial chamber. The tholos walls were always built of masonry and is beehive shaped. Rectangular pits were dug into the floor and the dead kings and their valuables were placed together symbolizing their wealth in death as in life. There were also chamber tombs for the population. Grave circle A consists of a circular area 26 meters in diameter and is enclosed by a double row of stones.

The Egyptian Mummy Mask from the early Roman Period is unique and beautiful in every way possible. This mask that is on display in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston is about 3 feet tall to about 2 feet wide. This certain piece of magnificent art is extremely detailed with intricate designs covering it all around. The Museum of Fine Arts makes it easy to pay attention to, because of its detail and how the mask is displayed. The Mummy Mask has it’s own small alter with a spot light shining down on it creating dramatic shadows in a very dim room. The decorations include inlaid glass eyes, a gold leaf and is hand-painted and gilded glass. This mask is not paper maché like the masks that were made in this era; this Mummy Mask had been created out of cartonnage . The Egyptians decorated this masterpiece with bold vertical and horizontal lines representing rows of beads to go along with the story it tells. The Egyptian Mummy Mask from the first half of the first century A.D illustrates a gaze of innocence and acceptance while looking into the bright future of whom the mask was made for. Perfectly painted images covering the mask tell a story of the traditional funerary practices and the after life Egyptians believed in. Egyptians would create these pieces to fit over the heads of the lost lives wrapped inside the mummy. The mask represents the deceased transformed into a God . Although the face of the mask is idealized and emotionless, the decorations say and express more than a

This approach to the opening of the chamber demonstrates Carter’s caution that he took into the excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb and the transportation of the contents that was inside it. Carter opened the burial chamber and when he did he was confronted by the golden walls and two large statues “So enormous was this structure (17 feet by 11 feet, and 9 feet high, we found out afterwards) that it filled within a little the entire area of the chamber” gives an accurate description of these statues and an accurate account of the amount of artefacts that were found in Tutankhamun’s tomb.

A royal tomb was sometimes different.In the Old and New Kingdom pyramids were built, while

Both Etruscan and Roman tomb sculpture function to memorialize the departed allowing them to move on from the world of the living and seeks to comfort those who have lost the ones they love. The two societies have differing practices in regards to death and therefore sculptures concerning the subject are somewhat different with a few identifiable similarities. While both societies seek to comfort the living and commemorate the dead this is achieved through different approaches. The Etruscan Sarcophagus with reclining couple from Cerveteri, Italy and the Mummy of Artemidorus from Roman Egypt are two examples of contrasting representations of the dead. When analyzing tomb sculpture one of the main questions is whether the work adapts a retrospective approach (presentation of the deceased as they were in life) or a prospective one (the viewpoint of looking forward to life beyond the grave). While the Etruscan sarcophagus gives a more retrospective memorialization through the depiction of the couple in a state of regularity the Roman Mummy of Artemidorus presents a more prospective approach concerning the deceased through the emphasis of funerary practices.

The tombs are massive and equipped with many corridors. The level of artifacts matched their size. There were also the necessities such as furniture, clothing. Surprisingly they even contained enough of a food to supply a hearty feast in the afterworld. (3) The people of

The tombs had two main functions. The first function was a place that provided an eternal resting place in which the body could lay protected from thieves and scavengers. The second function of the tomb was a place where cults and ritual acts could be performed to ensure eternal life (Taylor, 2001:136). The body of the person was buried along with their belongings in the tomb to ensure the individual had all the proper materials needed for the afterlife. The Egyptians usually did this because “Tombs were constructed to mirror aspects of the afterlife” (Olson, 2009). These tombs were not only a place where bodies of a deceased lay; it was also a place where rituals would take place. One ritual that was done on the bodies was the ‘Opening of the Mouth’. This was a burial ritual that “accompanied the placement of funerary goods in a tomb- and was a necessary step in the deceased’s rebirth” (Olson, 2009). One very important service that had to be done was the mummification process in which the removal of organs

The shrine of Tutankhamun uncovers the burial customs of the New Kingdom Egyptians. The Canopic Shrine positioned on the east wall of the Treasury holds Tutankhamun's embalmed internal organs. A gold chest held four Canopic jars containing the dead pharaoh's internal organs in each jar. Undoubtedly, through the process of mummification, the embalmers must have removed the internal organs and preserved them in the Canopic jars, perhaps to be taken with the pharaoh to the next world. The third and innermost of three coffins of Tutankhamun is made of solid gold and is inset with semiprecious stones and coloured glass. It is covered with carved decorations and inscriptions inside and outside. It bears the names and epitaph of the deceased king and also protective texts. From this we discover the significance of the importance of the decoration of the mummy was, and the power the coffin was believed to hold. Originally, mummification was so expensive that it was a privilege enjoyed only by the Pharaoh and few nobles. Everybody else was given a simple grave burial in one of the vast cemeteries or "necropolises" of the time. But the promise of eternal life was so appealing that it wasn't long before other classes of Egyptians began signing up for mummification, too.