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Post by Alrik on Apr 28, 2006 10:35:47 GMT
These days, Tut's name is found with differing spellings, including Tutankhamun, Tutankhamen and Tutankhamon. In German, he's called "Tutenchamun" . And the thing with the missing vowels is right, since it's a semitic language. The only remainders of it are the language of the Coprtic language. It's the last remaining form of the several thousand years old Egyptian language. More about it here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_language
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Post by LaFille on Apr 28, 2006 20:56:50 GMT
Yay! ;D You know what? In the drawings/paintings (and somewhat in the sculptures too) it looks like the more recent they are, the more "stylized" and loaded their pieces are... The colossal statue is awesome... look at the knees' details. And it's true, checked back the previous images and the important figures most always have the left foot forward.
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Post by Shan on Apr 28, 2006 23:19:41 GMT
There does look like there was a change as they moved on into another era. One thing I did find out that I have not posted yet is that the art took took on a different look during the reign of King Tutenkahmun but after his death the Armana style immeadiately ended, and the original, formal poses of the past were revived.
I found that very interesting. The reason for the change could be that The cult of Aten was the major relgious infuence in young life, and he was a very young ruler.
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Post by Shan on Apr 28, 2006 23:23:34 GMT
Great added info Alrik. Thank you.
If you have any other info on any of this please feel free to add it.
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Post by Shan on Apr 29, 2006 0:16:10 GMT
This is the layout for King Tut's tomb. I like this, because when I see where something was found I can picure the area of the tomb.
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Post by Shan on Apr 29, 2006 0:23:14 GMT
Statue of Tutankhamun One of two life-size statues of the king stood by the sealed door which led through to the burial chamber. These black varnished wood statues, between 5ft 6in and 5ft 7in and dressed in loincloths with gilt sandals, are probably of the king's own height.
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Post by Shan on Apr 29, 2006 0:30:07 GMT
King Tut's Burial ChamberLocation: Valley of the Kings East Valley, Thebes West Bank, Thebes Detail: Osiris, Tutankhamun and his ka; Nut greeting Tutankhamun; Tutankhamen as Osiris from Opening of the Mouth ritual; outer coffin in quartzite sarcophagus. Rear Wall Osiris, Tutankhamun and his kaThe god Osiris was the central deity in ancient Egyptian mortuary rituals. In Egyptian mythology he is ruler of the Underworld and associated with resurrection. He is depicted as a man wrapped in white mummy bandages. The "ka" is what we would call a spirit or a soul. The "ka" was created at the same time as the physical body. A persons "ka" would live on after their body had died. The Egyptians left offerings of food, drink, and worldly possessions in tombs for the "ka" to use. Rear Wall Book of the Dead, spell 1: funeral processionTutankhamun is lying on a deathbed. The sledge is towed by 12 persons of which nine probably are representing the 'The nine friends of the king'. Following are the two viziers of the South and North. All persons pulling the sledge wear a wig and a white headband. White headbands are still used by relatives at funerals in nowadays Egypt. They all wear white sandals in a shape identical with the two pair found in Tutankhamun's tomb. Right Wall Tutankhamun flanked by god Anubis and goddess HathorBehind the king is Anubis with the jackal head is standing, the god of mummification. He opened the roads to the netherworld. Anubis also brought the dead before the judges of the netherworld, for whom he weighted the heart being the dwelling place of the conscience. The judges would determine if the pharaoh didn't committed any sins during his life. When found innocent, Tutankhamun would live for eternity. Anubis has placed his left hand on the shoulder of Tutankhamun, as if he led Tutankhamun before Hathor. In his right hand he is wearing the Ankh-sign. Right from Tutankhamun the goddess Hathor stands besides him. She was the Goddess of the West, and protector of the Theban Necropolis. She used to greet the dead when the arrived in the Netherworld. On the wall she gives life through the nostrils of Tutankhamun by holding the 'Ankh'-sign towards his nose. In her left hand she is holding a second 'Ankh'-sign. In her white headband the symbol of the West (where the sun goes down) is inserted. Front Wall Right Part
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Post by Alrik on Apr 30, 2006 21:08:22 GMT
If you are a member of the Enya forum, you can look into this thread : unity.enya.com/index.php?showtopic=13503&st=0By the way, I read news a few days ago that the ancient egyptians actually knew white wine. The archaeologists had always thought they knew red wine, but not white one, but it turned out that they found chemical remains of white wine as well. I only have a German-language article about that, but it hints towards an issue of the magazine "New Scientist". It's here : www.scienceticker.info/news/EEuppFpuuZrxgPEAEo.shtml
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Post by Shan on May 1, 2006 21:37:28 GMT
Very interesting Alrik. I had no idea about the white wine. What amazes me is how new things are always being discovered even when you think you've found everything. Makes it very interesting.
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Post by Shan on May 5, 2006 23:45:28 GMT
Double Perfume BoxA double perfume box of gold and silver pedestal, in the shape of two cartouches, having plumes for lid. Back: The young King represented in similar attitude to the front, but as King, and on the left with a black face on the right a light flesh colored face.
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Post by Shan on May 5, 2006 23:55:18 GMT
The Golden ThroneCloseup of heads on back of chair King Tutankhamun and Queen Ankhesenamon The chair is solid, heavy and strongly cuboid in shape, with a completely flat seat, not curved like the other six chairs found. The whole is heavily decorated in gold, with pictures of the King and Queen on the flat back. The arms of this chair have lions' heads at the front while the side view shows crowned hooded cobras bearing large cartouches, shapes resembling a loop of rope with a knot, inscribed with the name "Tutankhamun". In the picture of the chair back, the young King rests an arm on the back of his chair while his wife, Ankhesenamon, gently holds out a protective hand towards him. She wears a diadem with twin plumes -- the atef crown, usually associated with Aten, the god of Karnak, and, in a woman, frequently worn by the God's Wife. Between and above the figures, radiating from a central sun-disc in the top frieze, hand the life-giving rays of the Aten. The Footstool
Coseup of heads on footstoolMade of a (?) wood and veneered with ebony, ivory, faience, glass and natural stone (semi-translucent calcite) ornament. The dresses of the captive gilt and chased with ornament. The heads, faces and exposed parts of the bodies & limbs of the Asiatic captives of a dark-brown wood (? cedar); their headdresses of ebony. In contradistinction the exposed parts of the Negroid types, their heads, bodies & limbs and headdresses, are of ebony. The background is inlaid of pieces of lapis and dark-blue faience - it would appear that the artisan who made it had not sufficient of the one colour glaze.
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Post by Shan on May 5, 2006 23:59:46 GMT
King Tut JewelryTwo of the bracelets found on Tutankhamun's arms. The massive rigid hinged gold example (a) has a cylinder of turquoise inset into a plaque smothered with applied wire and granulation. The other (b) has a flexible strap of gold and glass beads attached to a circular gold plaque, also highly decorated, with a central lapis lazuli inset. From the tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, W. Thebes. 18th Dynasty (1334-1325 B.C.) BraceletMassive hinged gold hoop-shaped bracelet found on the mummy of Tutankhamun. Its central plaque bears a large gold scarab inlaid with lapis lazuli. All the floral and block-decoration is inlaid with lapis lazuli, turquoise, cornelian and quartz in colored cement. From the tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, W. Thebes. 18th Dynasty (1334-1325 B.C.)
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Post by Shan on May 6, 2006 0:01:05 GMT
Wooden Torso of King TutPainted Wooden Torso of the King wearing a royal crown with a cobra, found at the Antechamber.
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Post by LaFille on May 6, 2006 20:37:03 GMT
Ooooo, the throne is great. One of the fav pieces thus far. I'd really like to know with what they can work gold, stones and glass like that. The jewellery is great too. Must sure not be practical to wear, though. If I remind correctly... isn't it Egyptians that made those huge necklaces too, so large that they do quite like a collar over the shoulders?
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Post by Galadriel on May 12, 2006 7:24:22 GMT
What an interesting topic Shan! I wanted to study archeology in my younger years (lol) but the math killed me there, it was Latin class, allthough I had very good grades for Latin, History and the other courses I took. but 8 hours of math just killed my overal grade.I hope it's ok if I post a mummified farao? I found thisone very interesting, King Ramses V, king of Egypt (reigned 1150–45 BC) who died of smallpox, perhaps after his successor dethroned him.
I don't know how it comes, but I had strong feelings towards the Egyptian art and the way they lived. Facts about Egypte: Did you know that in most dynasties, the horses where killed when a farao died? Many horse skeletons were found in the tombes of farao's, all with a hole in their heads. The wife was killed in most cases to, to join her husband to the next life. Did you also know that King Tut married his sister? He was nine when he became farao and only 18-19 when he died, his name was originally Tutanchaton instead of Tutanchamon, to the Egyptian god Aton, his grave was rather poorly made for a farao, what implies the suggestion that it was made for a high officer or a female member of the royal family. King Tut became the most famous farao, but was the least important of them all. And that the ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows to morn their death cats? Cats were holy animals for the Egyptians. Did you know that mummies are the best conserved item we have thanks to their great knowledge to preserve the dead bodies? The mummifiers used a hook to take ot the brains, they used a sharp Aithiopic stone to cut open the belly, to clean out the internal organs and they cleansed it with palmwine. Afterwards, they stuffed the belly up with all kinds of herbs, for the smell and the preservation. They sowed it back up and layed down the body in a 'natron' bath for 70 days. Afterwards they wrapped up the body in bands of 'byssos' linnen. Sorry if I didn't post any art here though, I hope you guys don't mind to much?
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Post by Alrik on Jun 4, 2006 20:58:14 GMT
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Post by LaFille on Jun 5, 2006 1:23:26 GMT
Looks great, Alrik, thanks. It is so beautiful, the underwater scenes with their findings, especially the statues and the jewels. Might be a very special experience to be there.
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Post by Alrik on Jun 9, 2006 10:41:04 GMT
Good news : The book to this exhibition says it will wander around in Europe.
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Post by Shan on Jun 12, 2006 17:56:33 GMT
Alrik, I hope you don't mind, but I am going to post a few of the pics from the site you posted. I love the large heads and statues.
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Post by Shan on Jun 12, 2006 18:03:57 GMT
These are some of the pics from the sites that Alrik listed above. The following pictures are items that were found at the site of the sunken ancient city of Alexandria. This colossal head from grey granite has been identified as Caesarion, son of Cleopatra and Caesar. It must have belonged to a statue as tall as five meters and was discovered on the ancient coastline facing the Antirhodos island.
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