#old kingdom

[egypt-museum]

Fish of the Nile depicted within the Tomb of Kagemni, c. 2330 B.C. 🐟

▫ Kagemni was a high-ranking official who served under king Teti as a vizier during the 6th Dynasty. His tomb is located in the Saqqara Necropolis.

[clonerightsagenda]

Indoor running water is rare enough in the Old Kingdom that only Abhorsen's House and the Clayr have it, and Sam wants to investigate the remnants of the old palace's plumbing to figure out how to recreate the magic and engineering involved. Enclosed running water still functions as a ward against the Dead (see: Belisaere's aqueducts) and so the Dead presumably can't cross buried water pipes either. Thus I believe Sam can meld his original role of defending against the Dead and his true role of magical construction guy by starting Belisaere's soon-to-be most powerful professional organization: the plumbers union.

[tridentandtales]

Ancient Egypt Just Got 20% Spicier

Here is something wild from the Old Kingdom:

Researchers just published a DNA study of a body buried in Nuwayrat (Egypt) around 2800 BCE. Turns out this man is 80 % genetically Egyptian, but the other 20 % traces back to the eastern Fertile Crescent, including Mesopotamia and nearby regions.

The reason this is so unexpected is that up until now, we thought Egypt and Mesopotamia were only linked through trading routes. But this result could actually point to human mobility, long-distance family ties, or migration patterns.

This is the first whole-genome analysis of someone from the Old Kingdom, and it’s essentially saying: 'Hey, your idea of how much people moved around 5,000 years ago?' Too small. Think bigger.

Full article available here

[bronzeageecho]

tomb wall fragment depicting donkeys | c. 2375 BCE | egypt, old kingdom, late 5th dynasty

in the art institute of chicago collection

[godblessyoublackemperor]

tommy arnold - sabriel/lirael/abhorsen covers

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Wesekh Broadcollar.

Period: Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty

Date: 2465–2323 B.C.

Place of origin: Egypt, Giza, Tomb G 2422 D, Tomb G 2416 D III, & Tomb G 1102

Medium: Faience

[travalicious]

Lirael by Tommy Arnold

[julialepetit]

Posted with permission from person who commissioned this: A Patron used their Commission to have me depict Sabriel + Mogget how I pictured them. Usually for commissions I just do line but I was having so much fun that I threw some color in for me!