Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . riests endeavoured to present to the eye by meansof drawing what the Mcmphites confided by writingto the memory of the deceased, and he was enabledto behold what formerly he had been forced to readon the walls of his tomb. Where the texts of Unasrecount how Unas, now identified with the sun, sailson the celestial waters or enters the Elysian fields,the scenes in the tomb of Seti I. show Seti in the TOiML; PAINTINGS UNDER THE NEW KINGDOM. 187 solar bark, and the scenes in the tom
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . riests endeavoured to present to the eye by meansof drawing what the Mcmphites confided by writingto the memory of the deceased, and he was enabledto behold what formerly he had been forced to readon the walls of his tomb. Where the texts of Unasrecount how Unas, now identified with the sun, sailson the celestial waters or enters the Elysian fields,the scenes in the tomb of Seti I. show Seti in the TOiML; PAINTINGS UNDER THE NEW KINGDOM. 187 solar bark, and the scenes in the tomb of Rameses Rameses in the Elysian fields (fig. 170). Wherethe walls of the pyramid of Unas have only the textof the prayers recited over the mummy to open hismouth to give him the use of his limbs, to supply himwith clothing, perfumes, and food, the tomb of Setishows the mummy itself, and the ka statues thatform the support of the double^ the priests who areperforming for them the opening of the month, whoare clothing them, anointing them, and serving themwith various dishes from the funeral Fig. 170.—Wall painting of fields of Aalu, tomb ofRameses III. The star-strewn ceilings of the pyramids representthe starry sky, but they do not provide the soul withthe names of the heavenly bodies. On the ceilings ofsome of the rock-tombs of Thebes the constellationsare drawn, each with its proper figure, while astro-nomical tables describe the aspect of the heavensduring each fortnight of the months of the Egyptianyear, and the soul had only to raise his eyes to learnin what region of the firmament his nightly coursewould lie. The whole design forms an illustratedaccount of the journeys of the sun, and in consequence 188 TOMBS. of the soul during the twenty-four hours of the hour is represented, with its domain separatedby boundaries, the doors guarded each b}an immenseserpent who bore a name such as Fire face, Flamingeye, Evil eye. The third hour of the
Size: 1988px × 1256px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernew, booksubjectart
