The owner of my "Cabinet de curiosités" spent a lot of time in Egypt, buried in the darkest shops of
Old Cairo. Guess what he has found this time behind a dirty curtain in the rear room of a perfumes shop.
I believe that they sell real antiquities coming from unauthorised excavations in the Memphite necropolis. The 1 inch scale necropolis of course ! Or perhaps it is a good forgery.
The paintings are still so fresh that they seems to be brand new [and for good reason...].
It's a canopic jars chest placed under the protection of the "4 sons of Horus" Hapi, Imsety, Duamutef and Qebehsenuef. They are anoint by the 4 funerary goddesses : Isis, Nephtys, Neith and Serket.
Qebehsenuef, the hawk, protects the intestines of the dead placed in the canopic jar, and is protected by Serket the goddess, making a libation over his head.
Imsety, the human, protects the liver and is protected by Isis
Duamutef, the jackal, protects the stomach and is protected by Neith
Hapi, the baboon, protects the lungs and is protected by Nephtys
Next time, I'll show you the inside. I didn't have the time to make the canopy jars yet.
