Feb 11 2024 3 mins
“Ah, Unis! You certainly didn’t go dead, but you went alive!”
This statement addressed to the late King Unis of the 6th dynasty is a prelude to the contents of this book: funeral rituals in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians, loving life very much, tried to continue it after death. To fulfill this hope, they subtly and logically exploited the concepts of religion and magic based essentially on the myth of Osiris’ bloody death and rebirth united with the sun, the principle of light and life on earth and in the afterlife.
Mummification #PietroTesta #HarmakisEdizioni #Egyptology #Osiris
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This statement addressed to the late King Unis of the 6th dynasty is a prelude to the contents of this book: funeral rituals in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians, loving life very much, tried to continue it after death. To fulfill this hope, they subtly and logically exploited the concepts of religion and magic based essentially on the myth of Osiris’ bloody death and rebirth united with the sun, the principle of light and life on earth and in the afterlife.
Mummification #PietroTesta #HarmakisEdizioni #Egyptology #Osiris
https://amzn.to/488FkvH