funerary cult

Ancient Egypt
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The false door of Neferiu

Dr Campbell Price describes an architectural portal between the realms of the living and the dead.

Above A facsimile painting from the Nineteenth Dynasty Tomb of Nakhtamun (TT341) showing priests conducting the funeral of the deceased man. below Fragments of the Abusir Papyri, the largest group of papyri dating from the Old Kingdom. They relate to administrative matters, and were found in the Fifth Dynasty temple complexes of Neferirkara Kakai, Neferefra, and queen Khentkaus II.

Ancient Egypt
137

Saints or Sinners? Scandals among the servants of God

Roger Forshaw explores the transgressions of the ancient Egyptian priesthood.

Below The Twelfth Dynasty wooden coffin of Ukhhotep from Meir, now in the MMA. inset Ukhhotep asks for the basic offerings of bread, beer, ox, fowl, alabaster, and linen, all by the thousand, to be made available for him in the ‘Field of Reeds’, the Egyptian paradise.

Ancient Egypt
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Tomb offerings: a wish list for eternity

Ancient Egyptians believed that the foods and goods listed in their tombs would magically become available to them for eternity. Hilary Wilson reports.