#hunefer

[egypt-ancient-and-modern]

The heart of Hunefer weighed against the feather of Ma’at.

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Autoficción

Una cronología crítica del fenómeno literario-teatral de hibridación que desdibuja los límites entre veracidad y verosimilitud. Una cronología exhaustiva debería iniciarse antes de nuestra era, al menos en el 1270 a. C. con El libro de los muertos, (papiro de Hunefer), donde “el propio escriba eligió incluirse como tema y aparece como un personaje más en el juicio ante los dioses, ofreciendo su…

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[archaeologicalnews]

Five stolen Egyptian artefacts located in Europe

The antiquities ministry has located five ancient Egyptian artefacts that were smuggled out of the country in 2002, it announced on Saturday.

Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim announced that the artefacts were stolen during illegal excavations at the Saqqara necropolis, 25 kilometres south of the Giza pyramids.

Three of these objects, he told Ahram Online, are on display at the Fine Arts Museum in Budapest in Hungary, while the other two are listed on the brochure of an auction hall in Paris.

Ibrahim explained that the three objects in Budapest are parts of the upper lintel of the temple of an Old Kingdom priest named Hunefer, who was a high priest during the reign of king Pepi I (from 2332 to 2283 BC). Read more.

[whatshouldireadtoday]

Hunefer and His Book of the Dead

Hunefer and His Book of the Dead by Richard Parkinson The Papyrus of Hunefer is one of the most beautiful and famous items in the British Museums Egyptian collections, illustrated with detailed coloured paintings of the highest quality. Hunefer (his name means Mr Happy Day) was an official of high rank. The papyrus was buried with him and contains his personal selection of spells from what we now call the "Book of the Dead". He expected the papyrus to help him to reach a happy eternal life, in which he could continue to enjoy the many pleasures of the living world without any of its sorrows or troubles. Hunefers papyrus includes lovely, detailed images of various important stages or rites on the way, including the opening of the mouth ceremony ...Read More on Amazon Reviews:

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[ingridrichter]

Anubis weighing the heart of Hunefer.

[yearningforunity]

"We came from the beginning of the Nile, where God Hapi dwells at the foothills of the mountain of the moon."

From the Papyrus of Hunefer.