How Heart Is Represented Through Two Types Of Scenes,...

Discussion According to the table, it can be concluded that heart is represented through two types of scenes; funerary and daily life. Firstly: Funerary Scenes Funerary Scenes were the most common scenes in the New kingdom tombs as they were represented on the walls of the longitudinal corridor (Passage) until the reign of Anenhotep III as they were illustrated on the walls of the transverse hall. Funerary scenes included many consecutive events started with purification process, mummification, and transportation of the deceased body to the tomb through a funerary procession after the pilgrimage to Abydos then opening of the mouth ritual in front of the tomb as one of the burring rituals. 1-Opening of the Mouth This ritual was acted in front of the tomb in order to enable the deceased to speak, eat, see, hear and move again in the netherworld as well as it helps him to retrieve all his power and abilities in addition to preparing him with magic to face the dangers afterlife. It didn t appear in the 18th dynasty tombs in a large scale until the reign of Tuthmosis III. It is very important to mention that there were many successive steps in the procession of opening of the mouth as the sacrifice rituals to the Upper and Lower Egypt in which the priests offered the heart and the foreleg of the bull to the mummy or the statue of the deceased. The heart is represented five times in the scene of the Opening of the mouth which is depicted three times on the northern wallShow MoreRelatedBoundary Stelae4521 Words   |  18 Pagesthe special location to develop Aten’s city, this search for the pure location was daily reenacted. The source for this information is located in the Boundary Stelae. In the ‘Boundary Stele’ Akhenaten not only claims having searched for this place by him, but also states it is solely his idea. Akhenaten documents his arrival thusly: I rode into the city on â€Å"his regnal year 5, 4th month of winter, day 13†; this is how he put it in the boundary stelae. Many new concepts in architecture relate to theRead MoreGreek Mythology8088 Words   |  33 Pagesor  region  and  quite  different  characteristics  elsewhere.   II   PRINCIPAL  FIGURES  IN  GREEK  MYTHOLOGY Poseidon,  Ruler  of  the  Sea   Ruler  of  the  sea  and  brother  of  Zeus,  Poseidon  was  one  of  the  Olympian  gods  of  Greek  mythology.  He  is  usually   represented  in  Greek  art  wielding  a  fishing  spear  known  as  a  trident.  In  this  large  bronze  statue  from  about  460  bc,   Poseidon  seems  poised  to  strike  with  his  trident,  which  today  is  missing.  The  statue  is  in  the  National   Archaeological  Museum  in  Athens,  Greece