BOOK OF THE DEAD
The Book of the Dead consists of a collection of magical-religious formulas intended to accompany and protect the deceased in the afterlife. This papyrus was found inside the sarcophagus that contained the mummy of Pinudjem I, hidden by the priests of Amun in the cachette of Deir el-Bahari together with the mummies of the most important pharaohs of the New Kingdom. The texts are written in black and red ink and are accompanied by refined illustrations painted in bright colors.
CANOPIC JARS OF PSUSENNES I
Canopic jars were used in ancient Egypt to store the viscera extracted from the body of the deceased during the mummification process. With the advent of the New Kingdom, the lids of these jars will be carved in the shape of the four sons of Horus, the protective deities of their contents: Imsety, Hapy, Qebesenuef, and Duamutef.
DUAMUTEF
IMSETY
HAPY
QEBESENUEF
These jars were found placed in front of the granite sarcophagus of king Psusennes I in his tomb in Tanis. The vases had lids lined with a thin sheet of gold and blue glass paste and they wore a gilded bronze uraeus on their heads.
SARCOPHAGUS OF ISIS
This sarcophagus belongs to Isis, the wife of a son of Sennedjem, who was a craftsman during the reigns of Seti I and Ramses II.
This beautiful anthropomorphic sarcophagus was found inside the tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1) in Deir el-Medina. The deceased’s body was wrapped in a pleated tunic of white linen and she wears the large usekh collar that covers her breasts. Isis holds sprays of flowering ivy in her hands which rest on her tunic.
