JUNE 1, 2024 / Museum education workshop:
For the ancient Egyptians, the preservation of the body by mummification or embalming was very important. Only certain priests could do this. Mummification could take up to 70 days. Afterwards the body was washed, wrapped in linen strips and placed in a human-shaped wooden sarcophagus, painted with various signs and symbols.
The mummy – an important artefact in our Exhibition, is painted with different scenes illustrating moments from the embalming ritual. One such scene is a wide collar, decorated on the chest and composed of ten rows of geometric motifs.
From JUNE 1st, I told the little ones about rituals, gods and embalming. And because we chose to make the collar rendered on the mummy together, we turned the activity into a real art.
