Powerpoint to help with your mummy project

1. MORE ABOUT MUMMIES

2. BEADED NECKLACES
Beads were painted around the
neck to help restore breath
Different colors had different
meanings
Blue, green, and black
symbolized water, sky, and
youth
White, yellow, and red stood
for sun, light, and fire
Gilt (gold) symbolized
immortality

3. NEKHBET
Nekhbet, also called Nut, was the protecting goddess
She was often depicted across the mummy’s chest
She was pictured as a woman with a vulture’s wings, or a
woman with the head of a vulture

4. RELIGIOUS SPELLS
These were written in
vertical columns in red
“Transform into every god into which one might
desire to transform”
“My body shall neither become a ruin, nor be
destroyed on this earth”
“I am supplied with food in abundance, as much as
I desire”

5. HYMN TO OSIRIS
“Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of Eternity”
Osiris was the god of the dead, so you paid tribute to him.
Egyptians believed that Osiris would judge you in the
afterlife.
Anubis, Ammut, and Thoth

6. DECLARATION OF INNOCENCE
“I have done no falsehood”
“I have not told lies”
“I have not stolen the gods offerings”
“I have done no wrong, I have seen no evil”

7. OTHER THINGS YOU MAY ADD…
Anubis tending to the mummy
Mourners

8. Shabti to act as your servants
Died pillar: stability
Ankh: breath of life
Scarab beetle: rebirth