Here’s a postcard of Ancient Egyptian Art from the British Museum. Enjoy!
I apologize again for not posting much on this blog. I promise things will be back to normal soon and I’ll be writing more about some of my favorite museums.
“These flat-backed glazed composition amuletic figures of the Four Sons of Horus would have been set within the wrappings of the mummy to protect the internal organs. The human-headed deity is Imsety; the jackal-headed, Duametef; the falcon-headed, Qebhsenuef; and the baboon-headed, Hapy. Since the stoppers of the canopic jars containing, respectively, the liver, stomach, intestines and lungs were carved in their heads, these gods are often known as the canopic deities. Late New Kingdom (ca. 1000 BC)”
