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 River—Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian CivilizationCinema Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Three-dimensional and vivid ancient Egyptian civilizationKomiks
This exhibition comes from the godsKomiksBlessing, exploring immortality, and showing ancient Egyptian civilization on the banks of the Nile. As an iconic cultural relic of ancient Egyptian civilization, mummies, books of the dead, 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 Komiks, jointly created an ancient Egyptian solemn world of faith.
What’s special about this exhibition is the construction of a three-dimensional and vivid ancient Egyptian civilization for the audience, where the audience can enjoy the headrests, sandals, as well as their exquisite jewelry and clothing.
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.
The Echoes on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.comReporter Deng Bo
Guide of Treasures
Sechomite Statue
Sechomite
Sechomite
Sechomite
Sechomite, squatting on the throne of a low chair, wearing a tight-fitting suit, wearing a Utherk collar in front of 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.
The other statue of Sekhomite on the right side of the body, with the right arm bent and the left arm bent in its front abdomen, holding a scepter that looks like a papyrus in its hand. She was wearing a tight robe and the sun wheel with the Holy Snake logo was placed above the three-point hair cover.
Sekhomite is a goddess with a lion’s head and a female body of Komiks. She is the daughter of the Sun God La, and is considered the God of War and the God of Destruction. CinemaFor 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 the reign of the ancient Egyptian king Amenhotep III, a large number of standing statues and seated statues of the goddess Sekhomite were made, distributed in the capital Thebes, the king’s tombs 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 Babaylan District of Thebes. 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 Civilizations Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Book of the DeadKomiks
The mysterious “Book of the Dead” in the movieKomiks can also see the true face. The exhibits on display are 3 meters long and restore the content of 30 chapters and are written in vertical lines in 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 yells to praise the gods, mantras to bring devils and prayers to help the deceased overcome all obstacles in the underworld.
This book of the Dead is from right to left: the next testimony of the God of Osiris is guided by the god Anubis; the deceased expresses respect to the gods in the “field of reeds”; Osiris decides 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 ancient Egyptians’ opposition to the TaiCinemaThe 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 carves the eagle-headed god Raharati, the combination of the sun god and the “Horus of the Horizon”, as a symbol of the horizon; the other two sides carves the image of the tomb owner and his relatives kneeling to worship the sun god. Komiks carves the image of the tomb owner and his relatives kneeling to worship the sun god. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>CinemaOne of them is the image of Atum, the sun god who is traveling in the sky by boat.
The owner of this little pyramid is Kongsu, a craftsman from Delmadinah. The people living in this village are mainly craftsmen who build tombs for the Valley of Kings and Queens. Village CinemaThere are many such small pyramids in the cemetery.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River——BabaylanAncient EgyptBabaylanCivilization Exhibition of Jinyang.com The whole body of the mummy is wrapped with a bandage and covered with a mesh 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 – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Sandals
Ancient Egyptian sandals are very “beautiful”. They can lead the fashion today. The fishbone-style 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 shoe has lace decoration at the edges, the braiding of the insoles is thoughtful, and the fishbone-style insoles bent at the toes and is connected to the Komiks straps that hold the ankle. These sandals are usually exquisitely made.
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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 shape and a sunken body to hold 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 Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Academic Lecture
1. Ancient Egyptian Code: From Abu href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>BabaylanSpeaker: Professor Li Xiaodong
Time: December 20 (Thursday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Seminar
2. View Religious Beliefs from Egyptian Art
Speaker: Professor Pu Muzhou
Time: January 12 (Saturday) at 14:30 pmCinema
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
3. How ancient Egyptians “art” their lives
Speaker: Professor Huang Zixuan
Time: January 26 (Saturday) at 10:00 am
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
4. Book of the Dead and the Ancient Egyptians’ Faith in the Afterlife
Speaker: Professor Yan Haiying
Time: 3BabaylanSaturch 2 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall