Staff of Tutankhamun the god of war
Staff of Tutankhamun the god of war
The shrine of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, the goddesses facing each other the golden carved geometric boxes representing the strength of stone and wood inside are four Canopic jars and the deceased and the afterlife the altar on the roof is made of gilded wood the four gods guard the golden shrine of the pharaoh Tutankhamun the direction of the god Selket facing east in Tutankhamun's tomb Nephthys should face south but changed the direction which is in Osiris King Nephthys Peru Re the objects in the Canopic shrine must be oriented correctly north south east and west
Jars inside the Canopic ark alabaster jars four separate jars containing the mummy's organs, each protecting a separate organ the lid of the sarcophagus is carved with carvings of the four sons of Horus inside the wooden shrine is a small alabaster slab divided into four compartments containing four golden fins for Tutankhamun's internal organs the magical carvings on the sarcophagus call upon Isis the son of Horus. The guardian and protector of the inner body designated on both sides of the Pharaoh's shrine. The Isis Magic Sculpture I hold my arms over what is inside me Protect the mesti that is inside me Mesti Osiris King Neb Keperu True voice before the great gods and the Nephtis Magic Sculpture I hold my arms over what is inside me Protect Hapi Osiris King Neb Keperu True voice before the great gods
When archaeologists discovered Tutankhamun's tomb, the significance of the clay tray and four three-foot-tall wooden staffs which were placed away from Tutankhamun's sarcophagus and by comparison the water from the Nile River which was believed to be resurrecting according to the belief that it was poured into the clay trays in ritual the staffs placed near the Pharaoh may have played a role in Tutankhamun's resurrection according to Egyptian rituals. This pure water could help revive the lifeless body. This is also a symbolic connection to Osiris the god of the dead initiated by Tutankhamun who was located in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt.
Tutankhamun's Staff and Tutankhamun's Life Tutankhamun's burial was not the first time that large numbers of staffs were used in ancient Egypt. Other pharaohs were buried with the same staffs that the pharaoh used during his lifetime suggesting that the king used the staff as an important symbol of kingship. In other 18th Dynasty images the staff is often used as a seated figure in a niche as are the staffs in tribute scenes during Syrian and Nubian New Year or tribute ceremonies. The use and function of the staffs and staves are not fully understood and scholars will continue to interpret the collection of staffs in Tutankhamun's tomb. The Tutankhamun Staff and Staff Project was established to collect items from the staffs.
