(Thanks, Justin Mansfield for this one!) … [Read more...] about Friday Funnies–Ancient Style!
Ancient Egypt
Friday Funnies–Ancient Style!
Talking Anubis and Making Masks
Yesterday, we had a sold-out workshop for children at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Antiquities at Emory University. During the first part of the program, I gave an "Anubis Speaks" tour through the galleries, focusing on some of the not so well-known depictions of the god of embalming. The one up top, for example, shows an atypical … [Read more...] about Talking Anubis and Making Masks
3-D Mask of Anubis
Elizabeth Hornor models the prototype for the 3-D Anubis masks we'll be making... This, my friends, is why I love my job (well, it's not really my job, it's more of my passion, but you know what I mean, right?). Today, I met at the Carlos Museum with local artist Pam Beagle as well as Elizabeth Hornor and Nina West from the museum's education department … [Read more...] about 3-D Mask of Anubis
Anubis Answers: Why Did Ancient Egyptians Depict Their Gods with Animal Heads?
Figurine from www.aurorahistoryboutique.com "Why do I have a jackal's head on my exquisitely muscled human body, you ask? The better to eat you with, my dear. No, I am depicted with a jackal's head for the same reason all the other Egyptian gods were shown as part beast. The ancient Egyptians understood that our greatness was … [Read more...] about Anubis Answers: Why Did Ancient Egyptians Depict Their Gods with Animal Heads?
