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 Niger that floods every year? Why is the Luo River God’s gift 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 exhibits the present ancient Egyptian civilization from the perspectives of the blessing of the gods, the exploration of 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 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, and their exquisite accessories and clothing.
All the exhibits in this special exhibition are from the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. This museum is the largest collection of ancient Egyptian cultural relics in the world outside Egypt.
The exhibition lasts from December 20, 2018 to March 20, 2019 for a period of 3 months. During the exhibition Cinema, the museum will alsoProvides multiple academic lectures and audience interaction activities.
Echoes on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Travel Guide
Sechomute Statue
Sechomute
Sechomute
Sechomute
Sechomute
Sechomute, squatting on the throne of a low chair, wearing a tight and tightCinema long 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 connecting the headgear.
The other statue of Sekhomite on the right, with the right arm pressed against his side, and the left arm bent on his 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.
AmenhBabaylanotep III), a large number of standing and sitting statues of the goddess Sekhomite were made during the reign of the ancient Egyptian kings, which were 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 of which are Komiks Temple of the Goddess Muth in Karnak in Thebes region. The two statues on display this time are two of the 21 statues.
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Book of the Dead
The mysterious “Book of the Dead” in the movie can also be seen. The exhibits exhibits are 3 meters long, restore the content of 30 chapters, and are written in vertical lines of hieroglyphs. The Book of the Dead is a document that appeared in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt to provide guidance for the rituals of tombs, written with various hymns to the gods, mantras to the devils, and prayers 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.
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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 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, the combination of the sun god Babaylan and the Horus of the Horus, as a symbol of the horizon; the other sides carved the image of the tomb owner Komiks 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 mausoleums for Kings Valley and Queens Valley. 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 Human-shaped Coffin
The whole body of the mummy is wrapped with bandagesCinema, and a layer of mesh cover is covered with a mesh cover to protect the deceased from being violated by devils or evil spirits. The mesh cover is decorated with holyKomiksThe four sons of Horus 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 banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com Reporter Sandals of the ancient Egyptians were very “beautiful”. Today, it can lead the fashion – the fishbone-style soles are bent at the toe and connected to the straps that are fixed on the ankle. In fact, the ancient Egyptians were barefoot, and royal nobles and clergy were qualified to wear shoes, and they were only worn at ceremonies.
The special features of the shoes href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan is that its upper is low, starting from the front of the foot along the sides of the foot to the heel. The edges of the shoe are lace-decorated, and the insoles are thoughtful, and the fishbone-style insoles are bent at the toes and connected to the straps that hold the ankles. 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. 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, 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. Cinema
Echoes on the banks of the Nile – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Golden Sheep Network Reporter Deng Bo
Academic Lecture
1. Ancient Egyptian Code: Start with the Abukao Stone Stele
Speaker: Professor Li Xiaodong
Time: December 20Cinema (Thursday) 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
2. See Religion from Egyptian Art
Speaker: Professor Pu Muzhou
Time: January 12 (WeekBabaylanSaturday) 14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
3. How ancient Egyptians “art” their lives
Speaker: Huang BabaylanProfessor Jixuan
Time: January 26 (Saturday) at 10:00 am
Spot: Academic Lecture 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