Kemet-Art

Egypt, 1350 BC I entered the sanctuary area at the back of our hut with a bowl of gazelle meat. Beside me, my little niece Nebet hugged her miniature drum as if it were a doll. The likenesses of our forefathers and mothers watched our passage with painted eyes, their altars adorned with weapons and the gold flies their valor had earned them in life. But it was the gilded likeness of Sekhmet, she of the lion mask and blood-dyed gown, who awaited our arrival against the wall. Despite the dimming of the sunlight through our hut’s narrow windows, Sekhmet’s amber eyes blazed with the same fire that had emboldened generations of our anc

I have been meaning to write this up and I am finally, finally doing it.  Consider this a sort of rough draft until I get a good image of one of my mummies for the thumbnail!  :) As a collector of mummies both found and made, this is one of my largest hobbies aside from skulls and photography and art.  It's a rather basic hobby and employs just a little common sense.  So this tutorial won't be very long. The first part will cover mummies you may have found.  The second part will cover mummies you may want to make. I found a mummy!  Now what? So you found a mummy and want to keep