Friday, November 17, at 15 p.m., we open the eleventh (penultimate) papyrus!
The activity is part of the museum education project carried out in partnership with the Association HaiHui between words: "The 12 papyri. From Life to Immortality in Ancient Egypt". The theme of the activity is: "The mummy - the embalming ritual".
We meet at 15 p.m., in the space related to the "Gods and Mortals in Ancient Egypt" Exhibition (XNUMXst floor).
The team made up of Monica Bodea (museographer) and Luminița Bratu (teacher. primary teacher) will welcome you with stories, history and ....as usual with surprises!
Appointments: 0745392935 Monica; 0748989347 Luminita.
Available places: 10 (the activities are aimed at children aged between 6 and 11).
Mummification was the way the Egyptians tried to preserve the human body intact for eternity. Not only human bodies were mummified, but also the bodies of animals.
An important piece in the exhibition, the mummified human body belongs to a man between 30 and 40 years old, with a relatively high height – 170 cm.
The mummy comes from Gamhud, in Middle Egypt, having been discovered in the Hungarian archaeological mission of 1907, financed by Fülöp Back. The mummy dates from the Ptolemaic Era, c. II-I BC Both the coffin and the textile covering covering the mummy show painted scenes that can be attributed to the same craftsman. The painted scenes and motifs illustrate moments from the embalming ritual and have the role of ensuring the rebirth of the deceased in the afterlife.
