HI121 Lecture 2: HI_121 lecture 2
Document Summary
Informal mummification sand preserved bodies: grave goods pots, tools, jewelry. Importance of natural cycles: rising/setting sun, phrases of the moon, flooding of the nile, realm of the dead. The beautiful west where the sun sets (natural cycle: after life is an extension of this life. Lesser expensive models: stairs built to access grave before death, stelae announces owner of tomb, by second dynasty. The age of pyramids: third dynasty, coffins stone, usually wood, decorated with images of life, decrease in grave goods. Increased fear of looting: djoser"s step pyramid (c. 2659 bce, djoser, ruled for 15 years. Egyptian religion: the basics: man is a composite of physical and non-physical components, kheperu manifestations, physical body (khat or sah, anchor of soul, heart, ka. Life force: nourishment after death offering of food and drink, ba, can travel between dead and living, human heaed bird, only kings had a ba, reuniting with mummy = resurrection, name (ren) and shadow, nourishes the dead.
