Jinyang.com News Reporter Jiang Jun and correspondent Ling Haoxiang reported: How is 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. 144 pieces (groups) and 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 and completing a dialogue across time and space.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Three-dimensional and vivid ancient Egyptian civilization
This exhibition shows ancient Egyptian civilization from three perspectives: the gods, the search for immortality, and the Nile River. As an iconic cultural relic of ancient Egyptian civilization, mummies, books of the dead, small pyramids, sphinxes, etc. have all arrived in 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 of Babaylan.
What’s special about this exhibition is the construction of a three-dimensional and vivid ancient Egyptian civilization for the audience. The audience can enjoy the headrests, sandals, and their exquisite accessories and clothing of the ancient Egyptians.
All the exhibits in this special exhibition are from the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, which is the largest collection of ancient Egyptian cultural relics in the world outside of Egypt.
The exhibition lasts from December 20, 2018 to March 20, 2019 for a period of 3 months. During the exhibition, the museum will also provide multiple academic lectures and audience interaction activities.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River—Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Travel Guide
Sechomite Statue
Secco squatted on the throne on the back of a low chairHomite, wearing a very close-fitting tight robe, wearing a Utherk collar on his chest, and a three-point thick hair cover 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.
Komiks Another statue of Sekhomite’s Sphinx on the right, with the right arm pressed against his side, and the left arm bent on his front abdomen, holding a scepter that resembles papyrus in his hand. She was wearing a tight robe and the sun wheel with the Holy Snake logo was placed above 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 God La, and is considered the God of War and the God of Destruction. For the ancient Egyptians, when the power of the goddess could not be controlled, it would pose a threat to the entire human race. Therefore, in ancient Egypt, there were many festivals and rituals to calm the wrath of the goddess and hope to get her protection. During his reign of the ancient Egyptian king Ame Komiksnhotep Ⅲ), he made a large number of standing and sitting statues of the goddess Sekhomite, 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 Sekhomite, all from the Temple of Muth in Karnak in the Thebes region. The two statues on display this time are two of the 21 statues.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
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, restored the content of 30 chapters, and written in vertical lines of hieroglyphs. Book of the Dead is a tomb ritual that appeared in the New Kingdom of Ancient EgyptA document providing guidance, written with various chants of gods, mantras to infer demons, and prayers for blessings Cinema 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 Anubis; a deceased expresses his respect to the gods in the “Wilderness of Reeds”; Osiris determines the fate of each deceased in the Court of Justice.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Kongsu Pyramid
Stones in the shape of pyramids, usually appear on the spire of the pyramid or obelisk, are symbols of the sun. The picture carved by the tower body expresses the ancient Egyptians’ worship and awe of the sun.
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 also the union of the sun god and the “Horus of the Horizon”, as a symbol of the horizon; the other sides carved the image of the tomb owner and his relatives kneeling to worship the sun god. 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 small pyramids like this in the village’s cemetery.
The echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network reporter Deng Bo
Pardi Amonimop mummy and humanoid coffin
The whole body of the mummy was wrapped with bandages, and theIt is covered with a layer of mesh cover, which is to protect the deceased from being violated by devils 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 heads, the shape is consistent with the body, and the interior is filled with intricate painted decorations.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – 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 soles are bent at the toe and connected to the straps that fix the ankle. 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 shoe has lace decoration at the edges, the insoles are thoughtful and the fishbone-style insoles are bent at the tip of the foot and connected to the straps that hold the ankle. These sandals are usually exquisitely made.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Animal-shaped makeup spoon
The eye makeup of the ancient Egyptians affected many women in later generations, and makeup spoons were one of the necessary items for the ancient Egyptians to wear makeup. Among the exhibits is an animal-shaped makeup spoon, with antelope-shaped shape and a sunken body to hold cosmetics. The side carefully depicts the head characteristics, and Cinema can be used for handheld. The four hooves are tied together, showing that it is a sacrifice.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile RiverKomiks——Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Academic Lecture
1. Ancient Egyptian Code: From the Abukao Stone MonumentKomiks
Speaker: Professor Li Xiaodong
Time: December 20 (Thursday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
2. View Religious Belief from Egyptian Art
Speaker Komiks: Professor Pu Muzhou
Time: January 12 (Saturday) at 14:3 pmKomiks0
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
3. Ancient EgyptBabaylanKomiksHow people “art” their lives
Speaker: Huang ZiProfessor: Professor Huang ZiProfessor: 10:00 am on Saturday, January 26th, 10:00 am
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
4. “The Book of the Dead” and the Ancient Egyptians’ Faith in the Afterlife
Speaker: Professor Yan Haiying
Time: March 2nd, 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall