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.
The Echoes on the Nile River – 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 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 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 2018 to 20 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 Babaylan on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Guide to the Treasures
Sechomite Statue
Squat on the throne on the back of a low chairSekhomite Sphinx, wearing a very close-fitting tight suit, 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.
The other statue of Sekhomite on the right, with the right arm pressed against the side of the body, the left arm bent on the front abdomen, and the hand tightly holds the papyrus-shaped scepterBabaylan. 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, Komiks 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, he made a large number of standing and sitting statues of the goddess Sekhomite, distributed in the capital Thebes city, the king’s tomb of the king’s west bank, and the Temple of Mut on the east bank. The Egyptian Museum of Turin contains 21 statues of the goddess Sekhomite, all from the Temple of Mut 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 Cinema can also see the true appearance. The exhibits on display this time are 3 meters long and are also KomiksThe content of the 3Babaylan0 chapter is written in vertical columns 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 to the subjugation of 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; Komiks A deceased expressed his respect to the gods in the “Wilderness of Reeds”; Osiris decided the fate of each deceased in the Court of Justice.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile RiverBabaylan——Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
The pyramid-shaped stones usually appear on the spire of the pyramid or obelisk. They 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-Helati, which is 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 such small pyramids in the village’s cemetery.
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Pardi Amonimop Mummy and Human-shaped Coffin
The entire body of the mummy is wrapped with a bandage and covered with a mesh to protect the deceased from being violated by devils or evil spirits. The mesh 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 body of the deceased 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 the interior is filled with complex painted decorations.
Echoes on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network reporter Deng Bo
Sandals
Ancient Egyptians’ sandals are very “beautiful”. Today, Komiks leads fashion – fish bone-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 at rituals.
What’s special about shoes is that their uppers are very low, starting from the front of the feet and extending along both sides of the feet to the heels. ShoesBabaylan has lace decoration at the edges, and the insoles are thought-provoked. Fish bone-style insoles are bent at the toes and connected to the straps that fix the ankles. The workmanship of these sandals is usually exquisite.
Echoes on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
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 EgyptiansCinemaOne of the essential items for makeup Cinema. There is an animal-shaped makeup spoon in the exhibition. The antelope shape and the body of the spoon are sunken to hold the 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.
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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
3Komiks. How ancient Egyptians “art” their lives
Speaker: Professor Huang Zixuan
Time: January 26 (Saturday) at 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 Komiks
Time: March 2 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall