mummy

(noun)

An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.

Related Terms

  • serdab
  • mummification
  • Pyramid Texts

Examples of mummy in the following topics:

  • Encaustic

    • The technique was notably used in the Fayum mummy portraits from Egypt 100-300 CE , in the Blachernitissa and other early icons, as well as by numerous 20th-century North American artists, including works by Jasper Johns, Tony Scherman, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Mark Perlman, and Fernando Leal Audirac.
    • An example of a Fayum mummy portrait dating from approximately the 3rd century.
  • Tempera

    • Tempera and encaustic painting techniques were discovered on many Egyptian sarcophagi decorations, including the Fayum mummy portraits .
    • The Fayum mummy portraits used a combination of encaustic and tempera techniques.
  • Tutankhamun and Ramses II

    • Discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and George Herbert, his tomb, mummy, and artifacts sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt .
    • His death may have occurred unexpectedly, before the completion of a grander royal tomb, so that his mummy was buried in a tomb intended for someone else.
    • His mummy still rests in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, though is now on display in a climate-controlled glass box rather than his original golden sarcophagus .
  • Tombs

    • This involved removing the internal organs, wrapping the body in linen, and burying the mummy in a rectangular stone sarcophagus or wooden coffin.
    • The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony was a ritual involving the symbolic animation of a mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe, speak, eat, and drink in the afterlife.
    • Many mummies were provided with some form of funerary literature, often consisting of spells and instructions for navigating the afterlife.
  • The Pyramids of the Old Kingdom

    • This involved removing the internal organs, wrapping the body in linen, and burying the mummy in a rectangular stone sarcophagus or wooden coffin.
    • The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony was a ritual involving the symbolic animation of a mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe, speak, eat, and drink in the afterlife.
    • Many mummies were provided with some form of funerary literature, often consisting of spells and instructions for navigating the afterlife.
  • Ceremonies

    • Once the mummification process was complete, the mummy was carried from the deceased person's house to the tomb in a funeral procession that included his or her friends and relatives, along with a variety of priests.
    • Then the mummy was buried and the tomb sealed.
  • Hatshepsut

    • Her mummy was discovered in the Valley of the Kings by Howard Carer in 1903, although at the time, the mummy's identity was not known.
    • In 2007, the mummy was found to be a match to a missing tooth known to have belonged to Hatshepsut.
  • Art and Literature in the Roman Republic

    • A large number of Fayum mummy portraits, bust portraits on wood added to the outside of mummies by the Romanized middle class, exist in Roman Egypt.
  • Architecture of the New Kingdom

    • His death may have occurred unexpectedly, before the completion of a grander royal tomb, so that his mummy was buried in a tomb intended for someone else.
    • His mummy still rests in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, though is now on display in a climate-controlled glass box rather than his original golden sarcophagus.
  • Tomb of Ramose

    • Ramose and Hatnofer were buried in the tomb along with six other anonymous poorly-wrapped mummies (three women and three unknown children), who are assumed to be family members of the couple.
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