Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus - 40x60cm

Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus - 40x60cmThe ceremony involved a symbolic animation of a statue or mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe and speak. There is evidence of this ritual from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period. Special tools were used to perform the ceremony, such as a ritual adze, an arm shaped ritual censer, a spooned blade known as a peseshkaf, a serpent head blade, and a variety of other amulets. A calf's leg was also held up to the lips painted on the

This example was one of a pair found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of the steward Senbi II at Meir

5cm x 9cm (7

Zeus was told that his son would take his throne from him

000 bce found in Willendorf

The location of the original scene is from the Tomb-Chapel of Nebamun

while the king himself adopted foreign customs in order to rule his millions of ethnically diverse subjects

" At that time

The Goddess Nut - Ancient Egyptian Sun/Moon Cycle

Duamutef usually was depicted on coffins and as the lid of canopic jars

Width: 6cm

The Egyptian Calendar was originally discovered in Temple of Dandara in Luxor

Each Bronze Horus comes packaged with an information card & plastic case