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Egyptian Mummies and Treasures

Ok, I've always been fascinated by ancient Egyptian stuff and their culture. Just thought I'd post some relics found in tombs and desserts.

The Crowns

The ruler of Upper Egypt wore the white crown and the ruler of Lower Egypt wore the red crown.



Preserved Foods

Egyptian food cosisted of pomegrants, bread, a cake made form dates, and duck.



Cats

Eyptians were very fond of cats. Egyptian Mau is the one of Egypt's oldest breed and are the only naturally spotted breed of a domestic cats. They also mummified just as a member in the family.

Egyptian Maus





Mummified Cats





Egyptian Dogs

These included

The Basenji found on walls of Egyptian tombs.

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The Greyhound an ancient breed developed in Egypt for keen sight and speed.


notice how he looks a lot like Anubis, guardian of the Underworld.



The Ibizan Hound dog.



Dogs too were mummified





Treasures

Pharoah Chairs





Wigs







Jewelry

Breastplate



Bracelet



Rings



Necklaces



Preserved Clothing



and this is how it would have looked.



Sandals





Mummies
Earliest mummies were naturally preserved by the dessert.



Mummies were then improved to be preserved into tombs. THis is the famous Tutenkamun tomb.



This is his mummified face.



This is a recreation of what his face might have looked like.



Other Mummies

Mummy with hair



Preserved foot with a wooden prosthetic toe!! !



Preserved Hand



Here's just a well preserved mummy



Other Treasures

King Tut's bust



Nefertiti's bust



Jars that contained organs
The only thing left with the mummy was the heart.



Mummy Mask



The strange Akhenaten figure
Akhanaten was the only ruler who believed in one God. He turned 2,000 years of Egyptian religion upside down overnight!

Because of his strange appearance, experts agree that he may have one of 2 syndromes which were the Froehlich Syndrome and the Marfan's Syndrome.

Akhenaten's Bust



Engraved drawings of Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti.







Cosmetics so they could look good in the afterlife



Comb and hair extension



Egyptian Table



Egyptian head rest



Egyptian bed



Egyptian Carriage



Egyptian Board Games







The White Crown of Upper Egypt



The Red Crown of Lower Egypt



The After life

Osiris was the ruler of the Underworld



Ka and Ba

Ka is the life force or spiritual double of the person. Ka represented the pharoah's right to rule, a universal force that passed from one pharaoh to the next.

Ba is represented as a human headed bird that leaves the body when a person dies. The face of Ba was teh exact likeness of the deceased person.

Ba the bird and Ka the double of the person.



And that's the end.

Cool. I'd love to go to Egypt, and snoop around like an archaeologist.

Wow, a wooden prosthetic toe...would you look at that!

Thanks for posting, MissConstrue.

No problem. In fact I was going to paste more...

Whenever you're feeling bored enough to.

Mummy (sort of) in the news!

Police: Woman lived with mummified sister

i like mummy wrapping.. but not the traditional kind hahaha, i mean like being mummy wrapped in things of unusual materials, like neoprene... i think being mummy wrapped is a very good way to relax

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That is one nasty story SilverProteus. On the Bright side you have again brought the Mummy thread back from the dead!

indeed when i die i would like to be mummy wrapped in neoprene... but i want to be mummy wrapped in neoprene while im alive lol, its more fun that way cuz then you can feel the warm tightness and fall into a deep sleep...

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Where is SilverProteus? I've found the perfect job for her!

Mummy Project

Good job reanimating the Mummy thread Icheb, I haven't seen any posts by her either.

Heh I have so many sites about mummies, and not just the Egyptian kind.

There are actually places around the world where they have their dead on display, in fact there are a couple of Buddhist temples in China who believed 'self mummification' is the highest state of being and display the mummies proudly.

This is one of my many 'unhealthy' obsessions. I plan to go to Italy to see the Capuchini catacombs of Palermo at one point or another.

Two types of mummies not mentioned: the remains of the men of the franklin expedition in the north west passage of canada

http://www.mummytombs.com/mummylocator/ ... anklin.htm



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There is a song about it by Iron Maiden


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and next we have the soap/Adipocere mummies..

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/ ... utsoap.jpg