TheDeadSpeak Online

I’ve moved to @voicesancient!

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The Dead Speak Online is no more! Things are changing around here, including the name. I've moved to Voices of Ancient Egypt (@VoicesAncient on twitter and @voicesofancientegypt on other platforms)

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"A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Most (..) are believed to have been destroyed. (..) Pieces from Greco-Roman times and Egypt were also on display at the museum. (..)"
Photo and quote: BBC News

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@fluff35 Sadly, the person probably didn’t even read your work, but read about it in another place, mixing up/misunderstanding the citation from there.

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@fluff35 Ugh 😑The person probably saw a reference that quoted Satow and noted your work as “cf” or “contra” and the person didn’t know what it meant, instead assuming that you thought/said the same thing.

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This Egyptian alabaster face is a fragment from a broken statue of Khafre - the builder of the second of the great pyramids of Giza. This fragment was probably part of one of Khafre's many beautifully crafted statues that were used in his valley temple in his pyramid complex.

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This statuette from the late Old Kingdom shows King Pepi I making offerings. Since the king would have made offerings in this fashion to a god, the statue may have originally been placed in front of another statue that depicted a god.
Now in the Brooklyn Museum (39.121)

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Thank you for the love! Because of you, this Twitter and my YouTube channel have really grown over the past year, despite having some life obstacles that often got in the way of posting. I’m so grateful for your support. Stay tuned for for some news coming in the next two weeks.

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This yellow jasper head is believed to have depicted Nefertiti or Kiya - wives of Pharaoh Akhenaten. It was originally attaches to a body made of another type of stone (perhaps Egyptian alabaster).

Now in @metmuseum (26.7.1396). More details: https://t.co/NpgnCMvUrx

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This beautiful alabaster bowl is made in the shape of a so-called "Meidum bowl," which was popular for pottery bowls made especially for supplying tombs of high officials during the Old Kingdom.

This bowl is now in the @metmuseum (10.176.158).

#ancientEgypt #youcantakeitwithyou

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Ministry of Antiquities announced preliminary results from the study of the three skeletons found in a large, black granite sarcophagus in Alexandria last month. Interestingly, one of the men had cranial surgery during his life. Also found were these interesting gold plaques.

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This pair statue, showing a husband and wife (Demedji and Hennutsen), is typical of non-royal statuary made during Dynasty 5 of the Old Kingdom, in which the wife is shown at a smaller scale than the husband. The sculptor paid special attention to their intricate hairstyles.

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This interesting (12th dynasty) beaded belt from Lisht has a narrow waist b/c it was intended to adorn a mummy (not the person while still alive). The royal nature of the outfit connected the deceased with the king and therefore to Osiris, lord of the afterlife. Now in @metmuseum

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Relief of Amenhotep I (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). This beautiful piece of relief sculpture comes from Karnak, the larger temple precinct of the got Amun located at Thebes.

This piece is now in the @metmuseum (#45.2.7)

#ancientegypt #pharaohs #history #chronology

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This beautiful facimile of a scene from the tomb of Menna shows him fishing and hunting birds along the Nile with his family.

This facimile is now in the @metmuseum⠀

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These Old Kingdom Egyptian alabaster vases are shaped as a mother monkey holding her baby. They originally held expensive oils or unguents. The shape eludes to ideas of fertility, perhaps to magically charge the contents to make it effective for fertility-related uses.

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I was really impressed with the @petriemuseum ‘s collection of jewelry. There are some really beautiful pieces (and so many!). These Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) pieces come from Abydos.

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And it was amazing! https://t.co/L8KNyC08Bl

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Super excited that I’ll be seeing this soon, for the first time in a long time! 😃

Want to know why the Rosetta Stone was important in the decipherment of hieroglyphs - but was only one step in the process? Check out my animated video on the decipherment: https://t.co/DCnher8QqY

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Super excited that I’ll be seeing this soon, for the first time in a long time! 😃

Want to know why the Rosetta Stone was important in the decipherment of hieroglyphs - but was only one step in the process? Check out my animated video on the decipherment: https://t.co/DCnher8QqY

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Great idea @TheEES ! https://t.co/wnvhh18qI7

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PRIZE DRAW! 5 projects that you, our members and donors, support will present at this years’ #CBAES study day on 21 July (https://t.co/gVgjrQgSDu). We're offering 2 free tickets to the event. If you share this post before Fri 29 then we will enter you into the draw. Good luck!

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An ancient Egyptian woman named Naunakht had this document written up in order to disinherit three of her eight children. Find out why she did this and what it tells us about family life in ancient Egypt in my animated video: https://t.co/Ut30tMOKX8

Papyrus now @AshmoleanMuseum