Gold mummy mask catoon

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Taking this into consideration, could allow us to determine the era of which this Egyptian woman lived and died. It is this reason why, at death, many Egyptians were adorned with gold, and in the Late Period, faces of the deceased were even adorned with gold leaf, to imitate the divine. A natural source found and brought forth from the ground, similar to the creation myth itself. Not just Ra and other solar deities, it was believed by the Ancients that the deities of their vast pantheon had golden skin, and therefore gold itself was deemed a heavenly divine metal. The gold was associated with sun worship, with deep association to the Sun God Ra. The Ancient Egyptians had an infatuation with gold ( Nebu), as it represented, not just wealth and glory but divine spiritual purpose. Female head, mummified, with gilded skin, with wig (hair length 0.320 m).

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