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Sigue el ciclo temático #LaFiebreDelOro, sobre los colores del #oro y dorados en el arte, para el #TwitterCultural.
El #oro ha obsesionado a la humanidad y sus culturas, como en el #ArteAntiguoEgipto.
Y como ejemplo: la máscara de #Tutankamon.
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El #oro ha obsesionado a la humanidad y sus culturas, como en el #ArteAntiguoEgipto.
Y como ejemplo: la máscara de #Tutankamon.
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La Máscara del faraón #Tutankamon, Dinastía XVIII (1334-1325 a.C.), fue realizada por artesanos y artistas desconocidos, y es una de las piezas más conocidas del #ArteAntiguoEgipto.
Realizada en oro, oro batido y piedras preciosas, se exhibe en el Museo de El #Cairo.
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Realizada en oro, oro batido y piedras preciosas, se exhibe en el Museo de El #Cairo.
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¿Por qué de oro? Porque es el metal inalterable y eterno por excelencia, y se pensaba que la carne de los dioses era de oro, sus huesos de plata y pelo de lapislázuli.
La máscara, de 3.000 años, se encuentra en buenas condiciones aunque ha perdido algunas incrustaciones
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La máscara, de 3.000 años, se encuentra en buenas condiciones aunque ha perdido algunas incrustaciones
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The Black African Kingdoms Before Egypt: Nubia & Punt
#Nubia was a civilization long before Egypt, and Punt (today, Somalia) was Egypt's Grandfather.
#Nubia was a civilization long before Egypt, and Punt (today, Somalia) was Egypt's Grandfather.
Image of Queen Hatshepsut’s boat during an expedition to the Land of Punt on the Red Sea coast. (Public Domain)
King Parahu and Queen Ati of Punt
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Here are number of kings and queens whose mummies will be moved from The #Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to The National Museum of Civilization in Fustat 👇
#ThePharaohsGoldenParade
Here are number of kings and queens whose mummies will be moved from The #Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to The National Museum of Civilization in Fustat 👇
#ThePharaohsGoldenParade
King Siptah: He came to the throne as a boy, by a powerful official named Bay. Since he was too young to rule, his stepmother Tawosret, wife of Seti II, took on the role of regent.
His mummy was discovered in 1898 in the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV 35) in Valley of the Kings, #Luxor
His mummy was discovered in 1898 in the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV 35) in Valley of the Kings, #Luxor
Ramses II: He signed the first known peace treaty in history with the Hittites and was remembered as a great warrior, King Ramses II is arguably the most famous of the New Kingdom pharaohs. He recorded his Battle of Kadesh, which he fought against the Hittites, in multiple places
#BlackHistoryMonth
"The Persian King Cambyses II quickly and brutally conquered Egypt. But, he failed to conquer The Kingdom of Kush."
Herodotus reports that #Cambyses wanted to conquer #kushboo.
He sent "spies" to the pharaoh of Kush disguised ...
"The Persian King Cambyses II quickly and brutally conquered Egypt. But, he failed to conquer The Kingdom of Kush."
Herodotus reports that #Cambyses wanted to conquer #kushboo.
He sent "spies" to the pharaoh of Kush disguised ...
... disguised as messengers bearing gifts.However, the Kushite pharaoh, as Herodotus explains, realized that the Persian messengers were spies." The king mocked Cambyses' gifts in front of the messengers and sent them back with a bow.
The messengers were instructed to deliver the following message to Cambyses: "when the Persians draw their bows (of equal size as mine) as easily as I do this, then ...
Dear Egyptology,
Egyptian Archaeology and the study of ancient Nubia *IS* Egyptology.
Egyptology is more than just texts and temples and tombs.
A thread…
#WeAreEgyptology
Egyptian Archaeology and the study of ancient Nubia *IS* Egyptology.
Egyptology is more than just texts and temples and tombs.
A thread…
#WeAreEgyptology
Recently I was a victim of the old-school out-dated idea that Egyptian Archaeology is not Egyptology. I was pinned as just a ceramics specialist, and worse still… a Nubian ceramics specialist. Apparently that's not Egyptology, but let's clear things up.
My work is about Egypto-Nubian relations, two cultures that are inextricably intertwined. Specifically I focus on the Nubians who lived and died in EGYPT, and how their identities changed as a result of contact with EGYPT & in turn how their presence impacted Egyptian society
