Jinyang.com News Reporter Jiang Jun and Tong Komiks Correspondent Ling Haoxiang reported: How is a mummy made? What magic does the Book of the Undead have? Why is the Nile River that floods every year a gift from God to Egypt? On December 19, the final exhibition of the Guangdong Provincial Museum at the end of the year, “Echoes on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations” opened. 1Babaylan44 pieces (groups), a total of 238 ancient Egyptian cultural relics were officially unveiled. Books of the Dead, small pyramids, sphinxes, etc. arrived in Guangzhou for the first time, recreating the mysterious ancient Egyptian civilization, completing a dialogue across time and space. Komiks
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This exhibition shows ancient Egyptian civilization from three perspectives: blessing the gods, exploring eternal life, and the banks of the Nile. As an iconic cultural relic of ancient Egyptian civilization, mummies, undead books, small pyramids, sphinxes, etc. all came to Guangzhou for the first time. The huge body of the lion-headed man, the statue of the Lion-headed man incarnated by the god Amon, and the solemn world of faith together with many small bronze statues have created an ancient Egyptian solemn world of faith.
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All the exhibits in this special exhibition are from the Babaylan Museum in Turin, Italy. This museum is the largest in the world outside of Egypt.tps://funnybookish.com/”>KomiksThe large collection of ancient Egyptian cultural relics.
The exhibition lasts from December 20, 2018 to March 20, 2019 for a period of three months. During the exhibition, the museum will also provide multiple academic lectures and audience interaction activities.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com Reporter Deng Bo
Guide of Treasures
Sechomit Statue
Sechomit Statue
Sechomit, who sat on a low chair back throne, was wearing a tight, tight robe with a Utherk collar on his chest, and a three-point thick hair cover was evenly distributed behind the finely carved lion’s mane. There should have been a crown or a special hat on the hair cover, but now there is only a corresponding base connecting the headgear.
The other Statue of Sechomit Statue on the right, with the right arm on his side and the left arm bent to Cinema‘s front abdomen, holding a papyrus-shaped scepter in her hand. She was wearing a tight-fitting garment, and the sun wheel with the holy snake logo was on top of the three-point hair cover.
Sechomite is a goddess with a lion’s head and a female body. She is the daughter of the Sun Godla, considered the god of war and destruction. For GuíaBabaylan and people, when the power of the goddess cannot be controlled, it will cause humanity as a whole. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema threatened. Therefore, in ancient Egypt, there were many festivals and rituals to calm the wrath of the goddess and hope to get her protection.
The King of Ancient Egypt, AmenhotKomiks IIICinema (AmenhotBabaylanep Ⅲ), was produced during his reign. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>KomiksA large number of standing and sitting statues of the goddess Sekhomite are distributed in the capital Thebes, the king’s tomb on the west bank of the Nile, and the Temple of Mut on the east bank. The Egyptian Museum in Turin contains 21 statues of the goddess Sekhore, all from the Temple of Mut in Karnak in Thebes region. The two statues on display this time are two of the 21 statues.
The Echo of Cinema on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
The Book of the Dead
The mysterious “Book of the Dead” in the movie can also be seen. The exhibits on this exhibition are 3 meters long and restore the content of Babaylan‘s 30 chapters, written in vertical lines of hieroglyphs. The Book of the Dead is a document that appeared in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt to provide guidance for tomb rituals. It contains various hymns to gods, mantras to bring down demons and prayers to help the deceased overcome all obstacles in the underworld.
This book of the dead is from right to left: in the testimony of God Osiris, the next dead person is guided by God Anubis; a deceased expresses respect to the gods in the “field of reeds”; Osiris determines the fate of each deceased in the Court of Justice.
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Consu Pyramid
Stones in the shape of pyramids usually appear on the spire of the pyramid or obelisk, are symbols of the sun. The carved patterns of the tower body express the worship and awe of the sun by the ancient Egyptians.
The east side of this small pyramid carves the image of a scarab, symbolizing the rise of the sun. The west side of the small pyramid carved the eagle-headed god Ra Halati, which is the union of the sun god and “Horus of the horizon”, as a symbol of the horizon; the other sides carved the tomb owner and his relatives.The image of the sun god kneeling. On one side, there is the image of the sun god Atum who is traveling in the sky by boat.
The owner of this small pyramid is called Consu, a craftsman from Delmadina village. The people living in this village were mainly craftsmen who built tombs for the Valley of Kings and Queens. There are many such small pyramids in the village’s cemetery.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Pardi Amonimop Mummy and Humanoid Coffin
The whole body of the mummy is wrapped with bandages and covered with a layer of mesh cover to protect the deceased from being violated by the devil or evil spirits. The mesh cover is decorated with four sons of scarab and Horus, which can further enhance the protection energy. If the mummy is still damaged under these protective measures, the deceased’s body can still be replaced by a human-shaped wooden coffin. The coffin is made of painted wood, the shape is consistent with the corpse and has intricate painted decorations inside.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Sandals
Ancient Egyptian sandals are very “beautiful”, and today they can lead the fashion – the fishbone style Komiks soles are bent at the toes and connected to the straps that fix the ankles. In fact, the ancient Egyptians were barefoot, and only royal nobles and clergy were qualified to wear shoes, and they were only worn during rituals.
What’s special about the shoe is that its upper is very low and extends from the front of the foot along both sides of the foot to the heels. The edges of the shoe are decorated with lace, the braiding of the insoles is thoughtful, and the fishbone-style insoles bent at the toes and connected to the straps that hold the ankle. These sandals are usually exquisitely made.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River—Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Animal-shaped makeup spoon
The eye makeup of the ancient Egyptians influenced many women in later generationsSex, makeup scoops were one of the necessary items for the ancient Egyptians to wear makeup. Among the exhibits is an animal-shaped makeup spoon. The antelope shape and the body of the spoon are sunken and are filled with cosmetics. The side carefully depicts the head features and can be used for handheld. The four hooves are tied together, showing that it is a sacrifice.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River——Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com Reporter Deng Bo
Academic Lecture on Egypt
1. Ancient Egyptian Code: Start with the Abukao Stele
Speaker: Professor Li Xiaodong
Time: December 20 (Thursday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
2. View Religious Beliefs from Egyptian Art
Speaker: Professor Pu Muzhou
Time: January 12 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
3.CinemaHow the ancient Egyptians “art” their livesKomiksLife
Speaker: Professor Huang Zixuan
Time: January 26 (Saturday) at 10:00 am
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
4. “The Book of the Dead” and the Faith of the Ancient Egyptians
Speaker: Professor Yan Haiying
Time: 3CinemaCinemaSaturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall