#Gebelein Man

[naomiknight-17]

Watching a video about the Gebelein man (bog body/mummy) and the scientists are doing an MRI on him

And there's the mummy, laying on his side curled up on the MRI bed thing, and there's a little medical sheet draped over his ancient dessicated hips

Like they wanted to respect the privacy of this long-dead man. They put the little privacy paper blankie on him, just like they would a living person

And I dunno, but something about that is just adorable

You are dead and mummified, and we are scanning and studying you, but oh! Let us give you a little blankie, we don't want you to be embarassed

[acheronist]

if you don't have 4-5 favorite mummies then literally what the fuck are you even doing

[egypt-museum]

The Gebelein Man “Ginger”

Found in Gebelein (Naga el-Gherira, South of Thebes) Late Pre-Dynastic Period, c. 3400 B.C. Now in the British Museum. EA32751

During the period of Gebelein Man’s life and death, Egyptians were buried in oval pit graves in a foetal position. Unlike their later descendants from the Dynastic age, they did not go through a ‘man-made’ mummification process; within these oval pit graves, bodies would become naturally mummified by the desert sands and climate.

It is thought these early burials were studied by later Egyptians to perfect the art (and science) of mummification, a technique the Dynastic Egyptians would of course become famous for.

The British Museum sent the body of the Gebelein Man to the Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London for C.T. scans in order to discover more about who he was and what may have actually happened to him. The discoveries were fascinating.

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[art1for2the3masses]

The Strangest Objects in the British Museum - A Guided Museum Tour

Tour Description: Our tour starts with the mysterious Crystal Skull, famous for being… a fake? Then, we’ll head to the Enlightenment Gallery to visit the Feejee Mermaid, a circus sideshow gaff made from a mummified fish, and talk about Dr John Dee’s Enochian Magick objects.

Heading upstairs, we visit the Gallery where iconic street artist Banksy performed a reverse museum heist by sneaking something into the British Museum!

We’ll check out a bit of ancient propaganda against Cleopatra before spending some time with the cat mummies – did you know they were used for fertiliser for British farming?

Finally, we research a bit of ancient true crime with the Gebelein man and finish back in the Enlightenment Gallery to talk about a grim topic – corpse medicine and Victorian cannibalism! Yes – we ate mummies!

[nowoolallowed]

Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon - Met Museum Collection

Photo Focus: Grandfather and Father Inventory: 11.150.21 New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Location Information: From Egypt; Probably from Southern Upper Egypt, Gebelein (Krokodilopolis); Probably originally from Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten)

Description:

All of the individuals in this small group are males, represented according to the conventions of Amarna art. The intriguing group has been variously interpreted as a family comprising a grandfather, a father, and a son, or as one man at three different stages of life. The latter is most unlikely as the multiple representations of a single individual in one statue are not shown interacting as they do here. In fact careful examination of the faces and figures points to the statue's being a kind of domestic icon. The figure at left is a high-status individual and likely the oldest; he is probably a revered relative or the respected overlord of the man and boy who stand closely entwined with one another. The statuette would have received veneration in the household of its owner.

[oddthingsiveseen]

[OTIS VISIT] It’s a Dead Man’s Party: The Lindow Man and the Gebelein Man

Hey, want to see some dead people? Let’s go to the British Museum for the Lindow Man and the Gebelein Man, both naturally occurring mummies from two very different parts of the world...who were both murdered... (read more) 

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[blueiscoool]

The Oldest Known Ancient Egyptian Mummy that is Covered with Gold Discovered 

An ancient Egyptian mummy is the oldest covered with gold, but it's not the oldest ancient Egyptian mummy on record.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a series of tombs dating back around 4,300 years at Saqqara, including a sarcophagus holding the oldest known ancient Egyptian mummy that is covered with gold.

The record-breaking tomb had a sealed sarcophagus containing the mummy of a man that a hieroglyphic inscription identifies as Hekashepes, and whose remains were found covered with gold.

"When the sarcophagus was examined, it was found to be completely sealed with mortar, just as the ancient Egyptians had left it 4300 years ago. When the lid was raised, we found the mummy of a man covered with gold leaf," the team said in a statement posted on the Facebook page of Zahi Hawass, a former minister of antiquities who led the team that made the discoveries.

However, while other news outlets are reporting that this is the oldest Egyptian mummy known to archaeologists, that's not the case. Rather, "This mummy is the oldest complete mummy covered with gold," Hawass said in an email.

Many Egyptologists agree Egypt became unified around 3100 B.C., when the pharaonic state started. However, humans lived in the region as far back as 400,000 years ago. The oldest embalmed mummy in Egypt predates the pharaohs; the remains of a man who was placed in a fetal pose about 6,000 years ago. Meanwhile, the oldest known mummy in the world may be the 8,000-year-old remains of a man found in Portugal.

There is little information about Hekashepes, but it appears that "he was wealthy," Hawass said. Hekashepes' mummy was mummified using artificial methods, is intact and is covered with gold. There are older ancient Egyptian mummies — such as several mummies that date back more than 5,000 years at the site of Gebelein, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of ancient Thebes (modern-day Luxor) — but those are not covered with gold.

According to images posted online of Hekashepes' remains, it appears that his mummy is wearing clothes and doesn't have bandages, Francesco Tiradritti, an Egyptology professor at the Kore University of Enna in Italy who was not involved with these excavations, said in an email. The deceased seems like he was buried wearing a tunic with a belt and large necklace. This may be an attempt "to preserve as much as the living appearance of the deceased," Triadritti said, something that might shine light on religious beliefs at the time this man died.

Tomb with paintings

Another important tomb belongs to a man named "Khnumdjedef" who was an "inspector of the officials," who served the pharaoh Unas (ruled circa 2353 B.C. to 2323 B.C.), according to hieroglyphic inscriptions found in the tomb. His tomb was decorated with wall paintings depicting "scenes of daily life," the statement said. One painting depicts five jars lined up on top of what looks like a table.

From a released photo, it appears that some of the paintings were drawn with "elongated proportions," Tiradritti said. Paintings with elongated proportions became popular long after Khnumdjedef lived, during the First Intermediate Period (circa 2150 B.C. to 2030 B.C.), Tiradritti said. During the First Intermediate Period, a transitional time between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom, the region experienced a major drought, the central government in Egypt collapsed and the political structure changed.

The newly found paintings "are interesting to understand the evolution of [Egyptian art]," Tiradritti said.

More tombs

Another tomb found in the cemetery belonged to an official named "Meri," whose hieroglyphic inscriptions say held a number of titles, including "keeper of the secrets" and "assistant of the great leader of the palace."

Another tomb belongs to a priest, whose name may have been "Messi," alongside his wife. It contains nine statues, some of which represent servants and one that represents the priest and his wife.

Additionally, the archaeologists found a shaft 33 feet (10 meters) deep that had a stone sarcophagus belonging to a man named "Fetek" at the bottom. He was buried along with three stone statues depicting him as well as an offering table.

Royal transition

From the information released so far, "it looks like the Egyptian mission found a necropolis that can be related to the pyramid of [Unas] and his cult," Tiradritti said. Unas was the last king of the fifth dynasty and it's possible that the newly found tomb may shed light on the transition between the fifth and sixth dynasties of Egypt, Tiradritti said.

After Unas died, a pharaoh named Teti (circa 2323 B.C. to 2291 B.C.), who was not a son of Unas and may have married into the royal family, came to the throne, starting the sixth dynasty. "The reasons for a changing in the royal line is still only a matter of guess," Tiradritti said. The tombs may also help understand Egypt's economy at this time, Tiradritti added, noting that Egyptologists usually see this as being a time of economic decline for Egypt.

By Owen Jarus.

[sarsootah]

He was a laborer and he had red hair....

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Predynastic Egyptian man.

Date: ca. 3500 B.C.

Place of origin: Gebelein

Period/culture: Late Predynastic; Naqada II

[joandelahaye]

Weird Shit That Fascinates Me - Murder in Ancient Egypt

Weird Shit That Fascinates Me – Murder in Ancient Egypt

Hello, my Freaky Darlings!

This week I’m travelling back in time to ancient Egypt and exploring an unsolved murder.

And yes, I’m wearing a Onesie. It’s Sunday morning, and it’s cold. Don’t judge me.

Here’s the link for the virtual autopsy: https://blog.britishmuseum.org/virtual-autopsy-discover-how-the-ancient-egyptia…

[mediatemberang-blog]

5 Mumi Menyeramkan Yang Masih Awet Sampai Sekarang

5 Mumi Menyeramkan Yang Masih Awet Sampai Sekarang

1. Lady Dai (Xin Zhui) – Museum Hunan, Changsha, China

Lady Dai adalah istri seorang panglima di Dinasti Han. Ketika dia meninggal pada pertengahan abad ke-2 SM, dia obesitas atau kelebihan berat badan yang membuat tubuhnya memburuk. Makamnya jadi kedap udara karena disegel dengan tanah liat dan arang akhirnya mayatnya dijadikan mumi dan masih utuh hingga sekarang.

2. Vladimir Lenin – Red…

[tipsycad147]

Hathor - Eye Of Re

Hathor's many titles include, "The Eye Of Re", "Lady of the West", "The Mistress of Heaven", "The Lady of the Stars", "The gold that is Hathor", "Lady Of Denderah", "Lady of the Sycamore" and "The Golden One".

Hathor, was the daughter of Re, the Sun God, and was at times known as the "Eye of Re", and identified as an avenging deity in the form of a lion called Sakhmet. Sent out by Re, in the form of a large all seeing eye, to watch over mankind, When she was too fiercely aroused she could become savage and destructive. Hathor, was probably the origin of the concept of the 'evil eye'. The Ankh, is thought to have been derived from Hathor's Eye and is a symbol of good luck, keeping fortune dwelling on the inside.

Hathor was a cow-goddess of ancient origin, as "Mistress of Heaven", she was seen as the celestial cow, whose four legs supported the vault of heaven and her star spangled belly was the sky itself. In Predynastic Egypt, however, it is uncertain if a cult was dedicated to Hathor or Bat as the most likely candidate for the cow-heads on the Narmer Palette (approx 3000BC).

She is also a mother goddess and closely associated with the kings and pharaohs, at the temple at Deir el-Bahri, she is shown as the heavenly cow suckling the pharaoh. Royal ladies often took the title 'priestess of Hathor' in her honour.

She was also the goddess who protected women during pregnancy and childbirth. As a Goddess of fertility and moisture, she was associated with the inundation of the Nile, in this aspect she is linked to the Dog-star Sothis whose rising above the horizon heralded the annual flooding of the Nile. She ruled the month of Athyr, 17th September (the birthday of Hathor) to 16th October, being the third month of the Inundation Season. As the goddess of music and dancing her symbol was the sistrum.

Hathor, on the column capitals in her shrines is often depicted with the ears of a cow and a crown formed of horns supporting the disc of the Sun. The crown symbol was later adopted by Isis. She is also depicted as the papyrus reed (a ritual of plucking up papyrus stalks was performed in her honour), a snake 'who laughs with Wadjet', or a sistrum (a type of rattle).

The sycamore was sacred to Hathor, this association was later assumed by Isis, who took over most of the associations of Hathor. The sycamore was a sacred tree that offered shade and refreshment to the dead as they undertook their journey from this world to the next.

The entry to the underworld, was thought to be on the western horizon, the place of the setting sun, and the kingdom of the dead was called the "Land of the western Ones", hence her title as "Lady of the West". In the Book of the Dead she is refered to as 'Lady of the headland of Manu' (the western mountains) and is joined by the Sun God Re as he sinks below the horizon. Her protection extends to those deceased in the Underworld, in the form of a garment known as the 'tjesten', which affords a safe path, past enemies dwelling on the Island of Fire.

Hathor as a Goddess of Love, Music and Dance

In ancient Egypt Hathor is seen as the supreme Goddess of sexual love, as a Goddess of Heavenly Charm, it is easy to see how the Greeks, linked Hathor with Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. In love poetry, she is described as 'golden' or 'Lady of Heaven'.

I built a house for the Goddess, Made of the wood of the sycamore tree.

Under the leaves of the palm tree, I eat bread in honour of her.

Hathor, Hawk of the Sky, Rest in the limbs of my tree.

Hathor, House of the Sun, Live in my house forever.

The Eye Of Re

"There came a time when the people began to drift away from the worship of the God. Re, in vengeance, sent his daughter, Hathor, in the form of a lion, to punish mankind.

After a time, Re decided that mankind had suffered enough and ordered Hathor to return, she, being sated with blood lust refused. The Sun God ordered a vast quantity of beer to be made, coloured with red ochre, which was then poured into the field where Hathor-Sakhmet lay sleeping. On waking, Hathor seeing the fields reddened with what she thought was blood, began to gorge herself, falling into an intoxicated stupor, Re was able to return her.

To mark the occasion, so that mankind would not forget their narrow escape from annihilation, Re ordered a festival to be held each year in Hathor's honour."

This was a very popular religious festival and was celebrated (August 7th) at New Year, at all the shrines dedicated to Hathor, throughout the kingdom. Hathor was worshiped as the "Seven Hathors": Hathor of Thebes, Heliopolis, Aphroditopolis, Sinai, Momemphis, Herakleopolis, and Keset. Her primary shrine was at Denderah, the "Place of Intoxication", she was also worshipped as principal deity at temples in the modern cities of Atfih and Gebelein. At Edfu, she is the wife of Horus, here her name means "Mansion of Horus", signifying her role as sky Goddess and protector of Horus. At Thebes, Hathor takes on the role of Goddess of the Dead.

The Seven Hathors

In the tomb of Nefertari (Dynasty XIX) and in the Book of the Dead, the Goddess Hathor is depicted as seven cows whose role is to determine the destiny of a child at birth. Each of these different aspects of the Goddess as her own name:

i/   Lady of the universe. ii/   Sky-storm. iii/   You from the land of silence. iv/   You from Khemmis. v/    Red-hair. vi/   Bright red. vii/   Your name flourishes through skill.

Several alternative names for the seven Hathors has been found in papyri concerning Mythology, these are:

i   Lady of the House of Jubliation. ii + iii   Mistress of the West. iv + v   Mistress of the East. vi + vii   Ladies of the sacred land.

Hathor's Mirror

Ancient Egyptian mirrors, unlike our modern counterparts, were not constructed from glass and a silver layer, but from a flat oval of polished copper or bronze, with a wooden or bone handle, the handle was often shaped into the form of a Goddess. The metal Copper is still today linked with the Goddess. This same shape can be seen in the Sun Disc symbol that represents Hathor.

Of the nine 'bodies', the Egyptians believed all animals and creatures consisted of, Hathor was associated with Sekhem - the form body, this was the representation of the form of power of a man or woman. It is the vital spark or energy contained within the individual, that can be built up and projected in Magic. Looking into Hathor's Mirror, your own individual power is reflected on one side, while the thoughts or energies of friends/enemies are reflected on the other. Used as a ward of protection, the energies of an attacker is reflected back to themselves, sensing a power from their intended victim equal to the strength that they feel they possess.

Correspondences

Animal: Lynx, sparrow, swan, dove, cow Astral Body: Sekhem - the form body Body: Eye Colour: Emerald, turquoise Day: Festivals: Aug 7th, Sept 17th, Festival of Het Heret - November 2nd Flower: rose, myrtle Gems: emerald, turquoise Minerals: Copper Month: Athyr, 17th Sept - 16th Oct Musical Instrument: Sistrum Perfume: benzoin, rose, red sandal, sandalwood, myrtle Plant: Papyrus Tarot: The Empress, Sevens Tree: Sycamore Weapon: Lamp, Girdle

http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/the_goddess/hathor_-_eye_of_ra.asp

[chrysaliseuro2019]

The British Museum

1 - 3 Parthenon marble decorations procured/stolen by Lord Elgin

4. The Nereid Gate

5. Gold Oak Wreath with a bee and 2 cicadas 350-300BC found near the Dardenelles

6. Egyptian bust

7. Mosaics on the stairwell heading up to the Egyptian displays

8. A Cleopatra (not THE Cleopatra) who died at 17.

9. Mummy of a young bull around 30BC

10. Gebelein Man 3500BC from Upper Egypt. Naturally mummified from hot desert sand. CT scans revealed him to be a strong you g man who died of stab wounds to the left shoulder.

[unseeliefaerie]

I went to the British Museum the other day and took a selfie with Gebelein Man but I haven’t posted it anywhere because it’s hard to parse whether pictures of a 5,000 year old mummy are appropriate for social media ;-;

[nowoolallowed]

Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon - Met Museum Collection

Photo Focus: Son Inventory: 11.150.21 New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Location Information: From Egypt; Probably from Southern Upper Egypt, Gebelein (Krokodilopolis); Probably originally from Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten)

Description:

All of the individuals in this small group are males, represented according to the conventions of Amarna art. The intriguing group has been variously interpreted as a family comprising a grandfather, a father, and a son, or as one man at three different stages of life. The latter is most unlikely as the multiple representations of a single individual in one statue are not shown interacting as they do here. In fact careful examination of the faces and figures points to the statue's being a kind of domestic icon. The figure at left is a high-status individual and likely the oldest; he is probably a revered relative or the respected overlord of the man and boy who stand closely entwined with one another. The statuette would have received veneration in the household of its owner.

[wanderervenom]

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