Jin BabaylanYang.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 Komiks‘s mysterious ancient Egyptian civilization Cinema, 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 EgyptKomiks Civilization
This exhibition shows ancient Egyptian civilization from three perspectives: blessings from the gods, exploring immortality, and 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, the statue of the spear-headed sheep-faced man incarnated by the god Amon, and the many small bronze statues of Komiks jointly created an ancient Egypt’s 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 Babaylan Museum of Egypt in Turin, Italy. The museum is the largest collection of ancient Egyptian cultural relics in the world outside Egypt.
The exhibition lasts from December 20, 2018 to 20Cinema March 20, 2019 for a period of 3 months. During the exhibition, the museumMultiple academic lectures and audience interaction activities will also be provided.
Echoes on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Travel Guide
Sechomite Statue
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The Babaylan on the right side of the Sekhomite’s Sphinx, with the right arm pressed against the side of the body, and the left arm bent on the front abdomen, holding a scepter that looks like a 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.
SekhomiteKomiks 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 the reign of the ancient Egyptian king Amenhotep III, a large number of standing and sitting statues of the goddess Sekhomite were made, distributed in the capital Thebes, Cinema, the king’s tomb of 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 of which are Cinema Temple of the Goddess Muth in Karnak in Thebes region. The two statues on display this time are 2KomiksTwo of 1.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River——Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com Reporter The mysterious “Book of the Dead” in the movie is also available. 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 praising gods, mantras for demons 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 Judgment.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River—Komiks Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Kongsu Pyramid
Stones in the shape of the pyramid 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’ worship and awe of the sun.
This small golden character<a The east side of the Komiks tower 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, which is the union 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 for worshiping the sun god. One side also has the image of the sun god Atum who is traveling in the sky by boat.
The owner of this small pyramid is called Kong Su, who is a visitor. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>BabaylanThe craftsmen from Del Madina Village. The people living in this village are mainly craftsmen who build mausoleums for the Valley of Kings and Queens. There are many such small pyramids in the cemetery of the village.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Pardi Amonemopu Mummy and Humanoid Coffin
The whole body of the mummy is wrapped with bandages, and a layer of mesh cover is covered on it to protectCinemaThe deceased is not 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 protection measures, the deceased’s body can still be replaced by human-shaped wooden coffins. The coffin is made of painted wood, the shape is consistent with the corpse, and the interior is filled with complex painted decorations.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo Sandals
Ancient Egyptian sandals were very “beautiful”, and today they could lead to the fashion of Cinema—the fishbone-style soles were bent at the toe and connected to the straps that fix the ankle. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks. In fact, ancient Egyptians were barefoot, royal nobles and clergy were qualified to wear shoes, and they were only worn at rituals.
What’s special about shoes is that their uppers are low, starting from the front of the feet along the sides of the feet to the heels. There is lace decoration at the edges of the shoes, the braiding of the insoles is thoughtful, and the fishbone-style insoles bent at the toes and connected to the straps that fix the ankles. These sandals are usually exquisitely made.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River—Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Animal-shapedCinemaMakeup Scoop
The eye makeup of the ancient Egyptians affected many women in later generations, and the makeup spoon was one of the necessary items for the ancient Egyptians to wear makeup. Among the exhibits is an animal-shaped makeup spoon<a href="https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan, antelope shape and a slurry body are sunken to hold cosmetics. The side carefully depicts the head features and can be used for handheld. The four hooves are tied together to show that it is a sacrifice.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden SheepBabaylan Network Reporter Deng Bo
Academic Lecture
1. Ancient Egyptian CodeCinema: Start with the Abukao Stone Stele
Speaker: Professor Li Xiaodong
Time: December 20 (Thursday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
2. View Religious Belief from Egyptian Art
SpeakerCinema: Professor Pu Muzhou
Time: January 12 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: XueBabaylanArt 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 Egyptians’ Faith in the Afterlife
Speaker: Professor Yan Haiying
Time: March 2 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall