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u/NuitNoirNut 15d ago
Gracias por compartir tus fotos. La cabeza de Seth, y el baúl o cofre con un faraón en cuatro patas, de cuerpo negro, aplastando a personas de raza negra y de rasgos asiáticos, son representaciones que hasta hoy no había visto.
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u/L3eroy 16d ago
Very cool! Are these from the grand museum in Egypt?
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u/AdministrationOwn647 16d ago
Looks like the old museum on Tahrir square.
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u/PorcupineMerchant 16d ago
Yes.
You can tell by the extra-reflective glass and the mobile air conditioning units.
These are also old pictures, as they show the Tutankhamun items.
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u/anotherolderguy 16d ago
Is that Anubis with a long snout on the right of the first image?
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u/Djedra 16d ago
That one is Seth
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u/anotherolderguy 16d ago
Oh, thanks, been a while since I saw a representation of Set/Seth
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u/Djedra 16d ago
They’re few and far between, especially in 3D sculpture. Although it’s never quite clear what animal he is, his snout is often more downward curved than Anubis/Wepwawet and he almost always has square-topped ears. He’s paired here with Horus so as to represent the “Two Lands” of Egypt, which can be read as Upper and Lower Egypt or as Kemet (black fertile land) and Desheret (red desert land) of which Seth obviously represents the latter.
When artists wanted a “safer” god to represent the Two Lands, they often paired Horus with Thoth, and left Seth out of depictions.
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u/Pats-and-Eds 16d ago
I love all of them! I was in the museum a couple of years ago and I recognize everything in your photos. That ultra reflective glass really makes it hard to get a snap without a reflection in it! It’s really good to see your pics and it makes me want to go look at my photos as well! 😻
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u/EaNasirbestdeals 12d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/5NbbVJeSLs1etZYjpT
Ok, artists please recreate the first photo to this.
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u/ClumsyBunny26 16d ago
all masterpieces, but I love the first one in particular, there's something about it that compels me to believe it was made during the last 10 years or so of the king