Jinyang.com News Reporter Jiang Jun and correspondent Ling Haoxiang Babaylan report: 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, “Babaylan 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.
The Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
The three-dimensional and vivid ancient Egyptian civilization
This exhibition shows ancient Egyptian civilization from three perspectives: blessings from the gods, exploring immortality, and the Nile River. As a symbol 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 have 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.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River——Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations GoldSheep.com reporter Deng Bo
Guide of Treasures
Seckhomite Statue
KomiksSeckhomite on the throne of a low chair, Babaylan is wearing a very close-fitting tight suit, wearing a Utherk collar on his chest, and a three-point thick hair cover is 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 for connecting the headgear.
The other statue of Sekhomite on the right is placed on the side of the body, and the left arm is 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.
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.
AmenhoCinematep Ⅲ)Cinema‘s reign, a large number of standing and sitting 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 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 display are 3KomiksM, restored the content of 30 chapters and written in vertical lines of hieroglyphs. The Book of the Dead is a document that has appeared in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt to provide guidance for tomb rituals. It contains various yells of gods, mantras for demons, and prayers for blessings 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.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
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 face of this small pyramid carved the image of a scarab, symbolizing the rise of the sun. The west side of the small pyramid carved 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 carved the image of the tomb owner and his relatives kneeling for 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 Kong Su, a Cinema craftsman from Del Madinah village. The people living in this village are mainly craftsmen who built tombs 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 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 is decorated with scarab and Horus 4Komiks can further enhance the protection energy. If the mummy is still damaged under these protection measures, the body of the deceased can still be replaced by a human-shaped wooden coffin. The coffin is made of painted wood, and is in line with the corpse, with complex painted decorations inside.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Sandals
The ancient Egyptian sandals were very “beautiful”, and today they could lead the fashion – the fish bone-style soles were bent at the toesBabaylan is connected to the straps that fix the ankle. In fact, ancient Egyptians were barefoot, royal nobles and clergy were qualified to wear shoes, and they were only worn at rituals.
The special thing about shoes is that their uppers are low, starting from the front of the feet along the sides of the feet to the heels. The edges of the shoes are lace-decorated, and the braiding of the insoles is thoughtful, and the fishbone-style insoles bent at the toes and connected to the straps that fix the ankle. These sandals are usually exquisitely made.
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Animal-shaped makeup spoon
The eye makeup of the ancient Egyptians affected many women in later generations, and the makeup spoon was made of ancient Egyptians<a One of the necessary items for Cinema. Among the exhibits is an animal-shaped makeup spoon, with antelope-shaped and sunken spoon body to hold cosmetics., the side carefully depicts the head featuresKomiks, which can be used for handheld. The four hooves are tied together, showing that it is a sacrifice.
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Academic Lecture
1. Ancient Egyptian CodeCinema: Start with the Abukao Stone Stele
Speaker: Professor Li Xiaodong
Time: December 20 (Thursday) at 14:30 pm
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2. View religious beliefs from Egyptian art
Speaker: Professor Pu Muzhou
Time: January 12 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic lecture hall
3. How ancient Egyptians “art” their lives
Speaker: Professor Huang Zixuan
Time: January 26 (BabaylanSaturday) at 10:00 AM
Saturday: Academic CinemaStudy Hall
4. “The Book of the Dead” and the Faith of the Ancient Egyptians
Speaker: Professor Yan Haiying
Time: March 2 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall