Egypt
JoonAng Daily
With photographs.
See the above page for the full story.
- Egyptian Mummies On Show In Korea
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Kataweb Thanks to Pierfranco Dotti for the above link. There are three photographs on the above page of the newly discovered mummies in the Faiyum. The photos have been shown in various online articles but it is nice to see all three in the same place....
- Exhibition: 5,000 Years Of Egyptian Legend
The Seoul Times (Karen Kim) The National Museum of Korea will hold the "5,000 Years of Egyptian Legend" exhibition from April 28 to August 30, 2009 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its opening. The large-scale Egyptian exhibition will be hosted...
- Exhibition: Egypt Endures At ‘tombs Of Eternity: The Afterlife In Ancient Egypt’
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- Mummies From Yemen
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Egypt
The Mummies and their age-old tales
JoonAng Daily
With photographs.
In ancient Egypt, people believed in the afterlife and thought that eternal life was possible when the body, soul and life force were wholly merged.
They also believed that the soul and the body separate at the time of death and the body was a resting place for the two elements. Thus, to let the soul and life force find peace and comfort in the body, preserving the body of a dead person was of the highest importance.
The belief led to a practice in which the body was mummified to an extent that it could remain as close to its original state as possible. Most people are familiar with Egyptian mummies but few Koreans have actually seen the real thing from Egypt.
An ongoing exhibition titled “Egypt, The Great Civilization” at the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, central Seoul, is a rare opportunity to see mummies plus over 200 artifacts from major ancient Egyptian dynasties, covering 3,000 years of the civilization since 3000 B.C.E.
This exhibition marks the first time Egyptian mummies have been displayed in Korea, and they are on view until Aug. 30.
“Mummies are not just interesting objects to look at,” said Yang Hee-jeong, a curator of the exhibition. “They reflect the ancient Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife.”
One of the reasons Egyptian mummies have not been displayed in Korea previously is the problem of preservation.
See the above page for the full story.
- Egyptian Mummies On Show In Korea
Korea Herald In a rare exhibition of Egyptian relics here, the National Museum of Korea in Ichon-dong is showing over 200 ancient artifacts in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Austria. "We have organized this exhibition so that Koreans...
- Three Photos Of The Newsly Discovered Faiyum Mummies
Kataweb Thanks to Pierfranco Dotti for the above link. There are three photographs on the above page of the newly discovered mummies in the Faiyum. The photos have been shown in various online articles but it is nice to see all three in the same place....
- Exhibition: 5,000 Years Of Egyptian Legend
The Seoul Times (Karen Kim) The National Museum of Korea will hold the "5,000 Years of Egyptian Legend" exhibition from April 28 to August 30, 2009 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its opening. The large-scale Egyptian exhibition will be hosted...
- Exhibition: Egypt Endures At ‘tombs Of Eternity: The Afterlife In Ancient Egypt’
Epoch Times (Susan Hallett) This exhibition has been quite well covered in the Canadian media, and I've posted about it before, but I've added this link because it has better detail than previous articles and the photographs are very good, including...
- Mummies From Yemen
Yemen Times I've been keeping this one for a slow news day. It's a very intersting piece in its own right, but there's a paragraph comparing mummification in Yemen and Egypt. In ancient Yemen, people believed in life after death. Their belief...