Category: Ancient Egypt
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Notes from the Albany, NY Institute of History and Art
Today, I visited the Albany Institute of History and Art to visit the famed mummy of Ankhefenmut. Adjoining the sarcophagus exhibit was a very tastefully-done exhibit of potteries and vessels from Ancient Egypt, with some excellent context around beer and wine. Below are some items of interest regarding materials and vessel shapes. Beer in ancient…
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More on Perfumes at TT175
“I shall be anointed with first-class oil and clothed in top linen, and I shall sit on that which makes Maat live, with my back to the back of those gods at the sky’s north—the Imperishable Stars, and I shall not perish; the unpassing ones, and I shall not pass; the unwaning ones, and I…
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Chemically decoding the ancient blue lotus
The blue lotus water lily is the heraldic symbol of the Upper Nile of Egypt. This ancient and mystic flower, Nymphaea caerulea, appears throughout the culture and religion of ancient Egypt. The blue water lily grows well along the Nile River and may have been farmed and harvested for thousands of years (Viljoen, Cherise; Notten,…
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Combing the Cairo Museum
Literal WARM greetings from Egypt! I have spent some time here in the Egypt and National Museums in Cairo looking into their ancient culture and was hoping to find some information about their distillation techniques and perhaps try some local spirits. I’m sorry to report that I haven’t found much at all, from Cairo down…