Mummification Museum Luxor
Be A Witness To the Pharoahs’ mummification from placing the body in the mummification bed To Transfering The Body To The burial In Mummification Museum in Luxor.
Mummification Museum by Bradley N. Weber
Just walk through the bank of the ancient Egyptians’ god, Hapi, the Nile, and be prepared to attend the whole process of the pharaohs’ mummification with the accompany of the high priest of Amun in the ancient Egyptian civilization himself, seeing the bed of mummification on which the mummification process was carried out, the used tools in the embalmings. Mummification Museum in Luxor is your journey with the ancient Egyptians, sharing with them a great secret of their majestic history and one of the most vital reasons for preserving this magnificent civilization till now. There, you will feel as you are one of the pharaohs and come back with the time for thousands of years.
Mummification Museum Description
The Mummification Museum is where you be a witness of the bed that the ancient Egyptians used in the embalming that consists of 3 separate wooden carriers wrapped in linen, decorated with the head of a lion, as well as the two pillows were used in the mummification process, and they are made of linen, in addition to embalming materials, the organic materials, embalming liquids, the tools used in the mummification process.
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These tools include chisel to break up the brain, the spatula and spoon for internal cleaning, the razor to make an incision on the left side of the abdomen, the scissors, the tweezers, the scalpel to separate and remove the viscera, the internal dry cleaning brush, the needle to cut the abdomen, Natron salt and sawdust that was used as a temporary filler in the chest and abdominal cavities, vessels to preserve the internal organs of the deceased and were formed in the shape of the four sons of Horus, and other tools without which the mummification process would not be completed or completed, besides the Pharaonic amulets for embalming.
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Mummification Tools at the Museum
When seeing all these tools in the Mummification Museum, you will know the usage of each piece by the explanations of the pharaohs themselves, reading the messages that they had written with their hands on the hanging papyrus, that describe the mummification process from placing the body in the mummification bed, and do the whole steps of the process, then doing the funeral procession rituals and procedures that follow from death to burial, and viewing the mission of transferring the mummy by the funeral boat to transport the deceased across the Nile to the western mainland.
Every Egyptian had to use a boat to make the journey of Abydos where the burial place of “Osiris,” the god of the other world; this boat you will see its image is placed on the walls of the tombs, but Mummification Museum in Luxor gives you the chance to see this boat itself in front of you.
It is time to see the mummies with your own eyes.
Mummification Museum by wonderferret
A large number of various mummies of princes, and gods are placed in the museum, including; high priest of Amun Prince Masharti in his coffin, The god “Thoth”, which is the lord of knowledge and wisdom in the form of ibis bird mummy, and a mummy of a monkey in the sarcophagus, and the god Sobek in the form of a mummy of a crocodile that the ancient Egyptians had built Kom Ombo temp for worshiping it.
Animals Mummies
You will also find the mummy of a white-shell fish found in Esna, the center of its worship, and a statue and mummy of a cat that was symbolized in ancient Egypt as “Bastet, and” The god “Khnum”, who was believed to be forming the human body on a pottery wheel; the center of his worship was in Aswan and represented in the form of a ram mummy covered with a gilded mask. There are also the intestinal boxes of Queen Hotep, the mother of King Khufu.
You will also find the statues of “Nephthys” and “Isis”, the goddess of the protection of the deceased, as “Nephthys” was depicted in the inscriptions and on the coffins and next to the head of the deceased, while “Isis” was depicted at his feet because they were weeping and protecting the deceased.
Mummification Museum by miriam.mollerus
Mummification Museum in Luxor where you live charming time with 150 ancient pharaonic pieces, more than sixty pieces in 19 glass display windows, a lecture hall, and a video explanation room. The museum also displays the sign “the ankh”, the symbol of life, which is believed to be taken from the shape of the sandal straps worn by the ancient Egyptian, and colored wood of the eighteenth family found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings, next to the column “Jed” symbol of stability and continuity, and may have represented The “grandfather” in the Old Kingdom with pillars supporting the heavens, and sometimes it was referred to as the backbone of the idol “Osiris.”
More Info You Need To Know About the Mummification Museum
Mummification Museum by Lunchbox Photography
- This museum is located on the Nile Corniche north of the Luxor Temple, and this museum is the first of its kind in the world.
- The opening hours of the Mummification Museum are from 9 am to 9 pm, and the entry fee for the Mummification Museum costs 100 LE.