Tag: 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…