Egyptian. Mummy Case of Paankhenamun.Egyptian. Mummy Case of Paankhenamun, Third Intermediate Period, dynasty 22 (945-715 BC). Cartonnage Cartonnage is a type of material composing Egyptian funerary masks from the First Intermediate Period onward. It was made of layers of linen or papyrus covered with plaster. Some of the Fayum mummy portraits are also painted on panels made of cartonnage. (gum, linen, and papyrus), gold leaf, and pigment. William M. Willner Fund, 1910.238 This mummy case, which provides protection for a preserved body, is painted with images associated with rebirth, and has been provided with a face representing Osiris, god of the underworld Underworld See also Hell. Unfaithfulness (See FAITHLESSNESS.) Ungratefulness (See INGRATITUDE.) Unkindness (See CRUELTY, INHOSPITALITY.) Aidoneus epithet of Hades. [Gk. Myth. . His skin is gold and his eyes are open, indicating that he lives forever. Ancient Egyptians This is a list of ancient Egyptian people who have articles on Wikipedia. A
adj. Emotionally or spiritually revived or regenerated. reborn Adjective active again after a period of inactivity Adj. 1. into an eternal existence. In this afterlife, the resurrected dead would eat food, wear clothes, and carry on a full physical life. The spirit or soul of the deceased would need a body to inhabit the afterlife. In order to accomplish this, Egyptians preserved the corpse through a process called mummification mummification /mum·mi·fi·ca·tion/ (mum?i-fi-ka´shun) the shriveling up of a tissue, as in dry gangrene, or of a dead, retained fetus. mum·mi·fi·ca·tion n. . Decay was avoided at all costs, as it would signify a separation between the body and the soul. Completed mummies, enclosed inside a case such as this one, were then placed within a tomb structure that housed physical objects needed for the afterlife--ensuring that the deceased would enjoy material as well as spiritual comfort and security. Activity What are the functions of a mummy case? What other cultures preserved bodies of the dead as mummies? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kate Ewell Lewis, Teacher Resource Center coordinator, Department of Museum Education, The Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its present building, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by . |
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