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Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Canopic chests are cases used by ancient Egyptians to contain the internal organs removed during the process of mummification. Once canopic jars began to be used in the late Fourth Dynasty, the jars were placed within canopic chests. Although the first proven canopic burials date from the Fourth Dynasty reign of Sneferu ...
One creation that was specific to ancient Egypt was the gorgerine, an assembly of metal discs worn on the chest, either over bare skin or over a shirt, and attached in the back. Ancient Egyptian cosmetic set from c. 1550–1458 BC, featuring, from left to right, a kohl tube, a razor, a pair of tweezers, a whetstone, and a mirror 18th Dynasty ...
Canopic jars are containers that were used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, to store and preserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife. The earliest and most common versions were made from stone, but later styles were carved from wood. [1] The ritual use of the jars dates back as far as the Old Kingdom and ...
Ancient Egyptian definition of pectoral. Amulet pendant from the tomb of Tutankhamun, with wadjet. The many determinatives for pectoral are not portrayed in the Gardiner's Sign List. However, one of the 10 words [1] for 'pectoral', or 'collar' uses the Usekh collar determinative, S11, the "collar necklace".
Men in ancient Egypt often wore the loincloth (or schenti common in all classes; although men of a higher class wore longer schenti, often pairing them with a draped cape or tunic. It was considered acceptable for men and women alike to bare their chests, in both upper and lower classes.
German chest with metal band and locking mechanism, c. 1847 External tomb chest of Alejandro María Aguado, 1st Marquis of the Guadalquivir Marshes, at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris; made in 1844. The Ancient Egyptians created the first known chests, using wood or woven reeds, circa 3000 BC.
Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. It was a conservative tradition whose ...
Scarabs are identified as the dung beetle Scarabaeus sacer, pictured here rolling a ball of dung. In ancient Egypt, the Scarab Beetle was a highly significant symbolic representation of the divine manifestation of the morning sun. The Egyptian god Khepri was believed to roll the sun across the sky each day at daybreak.