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), Komiks, a total of 238 ancient Egyptian cultural relics were officially unveiled. The books of the undead, the small pyramid, the Sphinx, 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 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 come to Komiks from the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. This museum 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 3 months. During the exhibition, the museum will also provide multiple academic lectures and audience interactions.m/”>Babaylan activity.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River——Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com Reporter Deng Bo
Guide of Treasures
Sechomite Statue
Sechomite, squatting on the throne of a low chair, is wearing a tight-fitting 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 for the headgear to connect to the headgear.
The other statue of Sechomite on the right, with the right arm Cinema is pressed against her side, her left arm is bent on the front abdomen, and her hand is clasped with a papyrus-shaped scepter. She is wearing a tight robe, and the sun wheel with the holy snake logo is located on top of the three-point hair cover.
Sechomet is a goddess with a lion’s head and a female body. She is the daughter of the Sun Godla, considered the god of war and destruction. For the ancient Egyptians, when the goddess’s power could not be controlled, href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks will 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.
Amenhotep III, the king of ancient Egypt, 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 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 Mut in Karnak in Thebes region. The two statues on display this time are two of the 21 statues.
The Echoes of the Nile River Cinema——Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com Reporter Deng Bo
The Book of the Dead
The mysterious “Book of the Dead” in the movie can also be seen. The exhibition on display isThe product is 3 meters long, 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 hymns to praise gods, mantras to subdue demons, and prayers for blessings to help the deceased overcome all obstacles in the underworld.
This book of the DeadKomiksFrom right to left, the next person in the testimony of the God of Osiris, the next person is guided by the God of Anubis; the deceased expresses respect to the gods in the “Wilderness of Reeds”; Osiris determines the fate of each person in the Court of Justice.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Kongsu Pyramid
Stones in the shape of pyramids usually appear on the spire of the pyramid or obeliskCinema, are symbols of the sun. The carved patterns of the tower body express the worship and awe of the ancient Egyptians for 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 carved the Eagle-Helati, the union of the Sun God and “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. KomiksThe people living in the village of Babaylan 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.
The Echoes on the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.comReporter Deng Bo
Pardi Amonemopu mummy and humanoid coffin
The whole body of the mummy is wrapped with a bandage and covered with a layer of mesh to protect the deceased from being violated by devils or evil spirits. The mesh is decorated with Babaylan‘s 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, shaped to match the body and has intricate painted decorations inside.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
SunnyBabaylanShoes
The ancient Egyptian sandals were very “beautiful”, and today they could lead the fashion – the fish bone-style soles were bent at the toes and connected to the straps that fixed the ankle. In fact, Guai Babaylan and people were barefoot, so royal nobles and clergy were qualified to wear shoes, and they were only worn at rituals.
What’s special about the shoe is that its Cinema‘s upper is very low, starting from the front of the foot and extending along both sides of the foot to the heel. The edges of the shoe are decorated with lace, and the braiding of the shoe Komiks pads are thoughtful, and the fishbone-style insole is bent at the toe and connected to the straps that hold the ankle. These sandals are usually exquisitely made.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River—Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Animal-shaped makeup spoon
The eye makeup of the ancient Egyptians affected many women in later generations,A 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.
Echoes on the banks of the Nile River – Special Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jinyang.com reporter Deng Bo
Academic Lecture
1. Ancient Egyptian Code: Start with the Abukao Stone Stele
Speaker: Professor Li Xiaodong
Time: December 20 (Thursday) at 14:30 pm
Site: Academic Lecture Hall
2. Religious Letters from Egyptian ArtKomiksYang
Speaker: Professor Pu Muzhou
Time: January 12 (Saturday) at 14:30 pm Cinema
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall
3Cinema. How ancient Egyptians “art” their lives
Speaker: Professor Huang Zixuan
Time: January 26 (Saturday) at 10:00 AM Cinema
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) Babaylan14:30 pm
Spot: Academic Lecture Hall