Fun fact: Egyptians continued to use Middle Egyptian in writing long after the language fell out of spoken use. This inscription looks more Middle Egyptian, the fragment reading "Osiris, the great god, lord of beloved šṯyt, given life, dominion and stability". I don't know what šṯyt means, but presumably it's a place or building. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable in #ancientegyptian than I can offer some insights (or correct my translation)?

How close is any of #NocturneAlchemy’s #Perfumes to original #AncientEgyptian formulas?

Today's poem:

Threshing
- anonymous ancient Egyptian writer

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/715199687091732480/threshing?source=share

#poetry #egypt #AncientEgyptian #overseer #oxen #ThreshingFloor #wheat #nile #flood #harvest

The programme for this year’s #SummerSchool in #Languages and #Linguistics (July 10–21, hybrid online/in Leiden) has been published! Specials this year include the minor Anatolian languages, #AncientEgyptian for linguists, Central Atlas #Tamazight and Comparative #Afroasiatic (w/ @PhDniX), and the indigenous languages of North America https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/summer-schools/summer-school-in-languages-and-linguistics #LeidenUniversity

This is a relatively unusual object – it’s a human shaped granite sarcophagus, which is not unusual in itself but it belonged to a private individual who lived during the New Kingdom and at that period it was generally only royalty who got stone sarcophagi. 🧵 1/5

#AncientEgypt #AncientEgyptian #sarcophagus #coffin

This jar (acc. no.: 22.2.33) is part of a set of four that the Met Museum bought in 1922. Because they were purchased there’s no record of where they were found but they are thought to date to the reign of Amenhotep III, because similar ones were found in the tomb of his in-laws. 🧵 1/4

#AncientEgypt #AncientEgyptian #frog #AncientHistory #Archaeology #Egyptology

For the love of our ancestors ❤️....
On display in the Egyptian museum of antiquities... Cairo. . Egypt
#ancientEgyptian
#ancientegypt
#myphoto

This is the inner coffin of a man called Khonsu, who lived in Deir el Medina and worked in the Valley of the Kings during the reign of Ramesses II (around 3200 years ago). He was found buried in his father’s tomb, and his coffins were sold to the Met in 1886 (acc. no.: 86.1.2). 🧵 1/7

#AncientEgypt #AncientEgyptian #Hieroglyphs #Coffin #photography

I'm not sure of the provenance of these pages, but I would say they appear to belong to a 17th or 18th century #Arabic treatise on #alchemy. The drawing style is very primitive but it is that rare thing: an #Islamic #manuscript that celebrates #AncientEgyptian lore. The two components of #Egypt's identity in harmony for once.

أيها الكاتب
‏كم تبدو وكأنك تبصر مالا يراه أحد
‏الناس يأتون إلى الدنيا ويرحلون
‏وتبقى أنت
‏في لفائف البردي..
‏إن كتابة البردية
‏أفضل من بناء ضخم
‏يستمتع الناس بسطورك
‏ويصبح كل أطفال الأرض أبناءك
‏فأنت حبيب وابن للشمس
‏منذ أن أصبح القلم ابنا لك

‏(تحية إلى الكاتب- من نصوص الدولة الحديثة)

#Egypt
#AncientEgyptian
#writer
#Andeel

I #AmWriting a #WIP novel inspired by my love of Egyptology and #SurvivalHorror.

While investigating local disappearances linked to a strange cult, a tactical rescue team must fight for their own survival when they encounter beings of #ancientEgyptian myth...and nightmares.

#AncientHistory
#AncientEgyptian

Interesting and accessible youtube video on what ancient Egyptian sounded like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-K5OjAkiEA