Masks of Egyptian Pharaohs and Queens

     

Masks of Egyptian 

Pharaohs and Queens

The story of the search beneath the masks of kings pharaohs and queens reveals the identity of a person in ancient Egypt. The cracks of time millennia of changing colors and the connections between the realms of man and heaven reinforce Egyptian social hierarchies. Masks symbolize immortality and maintain the balance of the universe. Masks worn on mummies serve to remember the body and guide the way to the afterlife. Ancient Egyptian masks crafted from materials such as gold and cardboard served various roles in life and death. They represented protection against evil spirits and demonstrated the power and favor of the gods in rituals. These distinctive masks do not depict individuals but rather represent idealized images of Egyptian gods.

The mask is placed by a priest between layers of headdresses and votive elements are attached to the shroud along with prayers and incantations written on thin linen sheets. The deity mask is used by priests in rituals to invoke and transmit divine powers. The representative mask is created by painting over the face closely and is not modeled or decorated in any way. In the festival of deity masking magicians and singers perform the role of magicians in the festival entertainment by symbolizing and using the power of the god. The mask of Anubis is especially important in mummification rituals. Priests magicians and performers

Symbolically embodying the god and harnessing his powers the Anubis mask a cardboard mask made of linen or papyrus covered with plaster was often used to mask the deceased and was often decorated with painted details. The Anubis mask was particularly important in mummification rituals symbolizing the jackal-headed god of embalming and the afterlife. The smooth-surface ritual wooden mask in the sense that it grew naturally from the wood used to make Ushabti and rare wooden coffins for the pharaohs a piece of suitable quality.

Mummy Mask of Khonsu

Linen masks covered with plaster concealed the face beneath these masks. The hood masks also known as hood masks originated from the elaborately painted full-body cardboard masks of the Third Intermediate Period circa 1077–664 BC. Cardboard box masks typically consisted of six pieces assembled in a series such as the Cartonnage funeral mask which represents the final stage of ancient Egyptian burial customs after the fall of Cleopatra's empire. The cobra and vulture symbols on the mask the sanctity of the pharaoh the golden mask and the journey to the afterlife on the golden mask.

The Pharaoh Tutankhamun one of the symbols of immortality and the transformation of the deceased into a god wears a golden mask of power and holiness reserved for royalty and high-ranking individuals as well as the evolution of funeral rites and the use of cardboard boxes in Roman times as well as important figures in the New Kingdom and Middle Ages in Egypt. The light from the gold of Tutankhamun's mask is linked to the sun god Ra, combining the art of inscriptions on the golden sarcophagus and the guardian deity who protects the deceased the pharaoh into eternity. Tutankhamun's mask

Beginnings of Ancient Egypt circa 2686–2181 BC. Linen masks coated with plaster to conceal the face of the deceased. Cardboard masks made of multiple layers of linen or papyrus hardened with plaster became widespread along with silver and gold masks primarily used by pharaohs and other dignitaries embodying the pinnacle of mask craft. Ancient Egyptian mummification rituals to preserve the body as a home for the soul. Gilding and painting. Early masks were sculpted directly onto the face of the deceased or on elaborate wooden axes to represent the forces of heaven and earth.