Immortal Egypt

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This wall scene is above the doorway of one of the side rooms of Dendera Temple. At the left of the scene we see Isis ("The great Isis, mother of Horus"), seated on a throne. She wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Behind her stands Nephthys, wearing a headdress of cow's horns, a solar disk, and the hieroglyph of her name. She also wears a beautifully-carved vulture crown.

In front of the two goddesses stands the child god Ihy, who was worshipped as a triad at Dendera with Hathor and Horus. Ihy is portrayed, as is normal, holding out a sistrum and is the personification of the joy that arises from playing the sistrum, an instrument strongly associated with the worship of Hathor. He holds the counterweight of a "menat" necklace in his other hand; again, a symbol of Hathor.

Behind Ihy stand the gods Thoth and Khnum, and behind them a king, holding two jars of burning incense and his consort, both with blank cartouches, as is usually the case in Ptolemaic temples. These figures are probably Ptolemy XII Auletes and his co-regent Cleopatra V Tryphaena.

The goddess Nekhbet in the form of a vulture hovers above the head of the king, holding a "shen" hieroglyph in her claws, the symbol of protection.

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Did you know that before discovering Tutankhamun's tomb, Howard Carter was a talented watercolor artist?
Before color photography existed, Carter used watercolor paintings to accurately document ancient Egyptian tombs, wall paintings, and inscriptions. His artwork became an invaluable scientific record of Egypt's archaeological heritage.

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