. Ancient Egypt. Egyptology. Abinr: iomh srffurut.'i. (lisDumlU'cl, ready for shipment to the United States. About 1909. Below: Portion ot tlie Etj^'ptitin Hall, in tlw Museuni'.^i or{<{inal huiltlin}^. injack.'ioit I' 1900. Since that time, luive been desi^i^pietl to instruct. rather than simph' entertain, please the inuseuin-i^oer's e\'e,and satisfi' his curiosit}'. the Old Kingdom concepts of kingship and divine order. The pred\'nastic alcove is a necessan' prelude to understanding the tombs of the Old Kingdom. The two Field Museum tombs are offering chape
. Ancient Egypt. Egyptology. Abinr: iomh srffurut.'i. (lisDumlU'cl, ready for shipment to the United States. About 1909. Below: Portion ot tlie Etj^'ptitin Hall, in tlw Museuni'.^i or{<{inal huiltlin}^. injack.'ioit I' 1900. Since that time, luive been desi^i^pietl to instruct. rather than simph' entertain, please the inuseuin-i^oer's e\'e,and satisfi' his curiosit}'. the Old Kingdom concepts of kingship and divine order. The pred\'nastic alcove is a necessan' prelude to understanding the tombs of the Old Kingdom. The two Field Museum tombs are offering chapels, not actual burial chambers. The reliefs are mainly of offering processions, with the good things of this life piled in abundance for the eternal happiness of the deceased. To facilitate the visitor's understanding of this ritual, the heiroghphic in- scriptions, both prayers and captions above the figures, are translated into English wherever possi- ble. In addition, objects dating to the Old Kingdom — manv actualh' identical with ones depicted on the walls of the tombs—have been placed in the tomb chapels of Netjer-user and Unis-ankh. Such tomb chapels, as an expression of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History
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