Posted on 11/04/2024 11:01:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Ahram Online reports that a tomb dated to the Middle Kingdom period has been discovered in the Asasif necropolis at Thebes, which is located on the western bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt. The 4,000-year-old tomb contained the remains of 11 individuals, who are thought to have been family members who lived during the 12th and early 13th Dynasties. Damage to the wooden coffins and linen wrappings in the tomb is thought to have occurred during ancient floods. Jewelry and pottery, however, were found to be well preserved and still in place among the skeletal remains. The jewelry items included a necklace made of 30 amethyst beads and two cylindrical agate beads framing a hippo-head amulet. Rings, bracelets, and chains made of red agate; blue and green faience; stone inlays; and additional animal-shaped amulets were also recovered. Copper mirrors, one with a lotus flower handle and the other with images of the goddess Hathor, were found in two burials. In addition, the tomb yielded copper ingots, a small fertility figurine with black-painted hair and jewelry, and a square offering table decorated with images of a bull's head, bread, and other offering items. "This discovery will also deepen our understanding of burial practices and rituals in Thebes during this era," said Mohamed Ismail Khaled of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
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It’s too bad he didn’t marry a woman named Doris.
Mostly vice versa.
There’s a very nice example of an obsidian hand mirror, dug up in what’s now Syria I think, neolithic in date, about 7000 years old. I’m sure I’ve brought it up before. Last time I looked for an online image and, plllt, bupkis. Hmm. Might be 8000 years, apparently it came from Catal Huyuk.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=neolithic+obsidian+hand+mirror
Mostly vice versa.
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I know of no studies that conjecture ancient Egyptian art was influenced by Greek art. At least through the old, middle and new kingdoms. Just look at the Greek Kouros such as the first one you presented and tell me with a straight face that it wasn’t influenced by Egyptian statuary a thousand years older.
LOL, no doubt!
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The opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 and the alleged “curse of the pharaohs”.
I could believe it. Grave robbing guys with spells and curses...maybe not a good idea.
EVERY ONE IS ‘MORE MANLY” THAN TIM WALZ-———
and, Walz can’t be left alone unsupervised with ancient mummies.
Partly this is due to the conventional pseudochronology of the Egyptian New Kingdom; even with that, Greek artists were working in Egypt at precisely the time that Egyptian architecture and wall art changed.
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