Religion, Death, and Burial of the Remesside Period: 3D Gallery

The Laws of Ma'at

Ma’at is a goddess, the embodiment of
truth, order and justice.

Order in Egypt is maintained by upholding
the laws of Ma’at, this involved piety by everyone but was mainly the
responsibility of the Pharoah.

Ma’at was an important factor of Egyptian
Religion as their lively hood revolved around the order of the Nile. The laws
of Ma’at are a series of 42 laws found in the book of the dead. These laws were
held sacred and could be compared to the 315 mitzvot or the 10 Commandments.

Some laws include:

Rule 3. I have not stolen

Rule 4. I have not slain man nor woman

Rule 8. I have not told lies

The Weighing of the Heart Ceremony

This is a painting by Hans Holbein generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1530s.

Carnoptic jars

Carnoptic jars were used to preserve particular organs as part of the mummification progress and in preperation for the afterlife.

Tomb

The
tombs are the resting place of Pharaohs and nobles. They provided a safeguard
for the Ka (spirit of the Pharaoh) to make a successful journey to the
afterlife.

Dier El Madiena

Deir
El Madiena was
a village made up of workers situated next to the Valley of Kings. The village
consisted of workers all with the task
of building tombs for Pharaohs.

Magic and Spells in The Book of The Dead

The
Ancient Egyptians understood magic as a precise method of discerning divine and
natural forces. As seen in the book of the dead, they were also used to navigate a successful journey to the afterlife.

The Temple of Karnak

The temple of Karnak wth it's amazing architechaul feats, demonstrates the wealth of temples in the Remesside Period of New Kingdom Egypt.

The Hireling Shepherd

This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.

Ophelia

Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]

The Music Lesson

The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]

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Religion, Death, and Burial of the Remesside Period