Ancient Kemet

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Stone Jars of King Khasekhemwy

Dolomite stone vessels with gold sheet cover and secured with small clay seals. It represents vessel used in life, but was intended to last for eternity and so was made from materials that would not degrade over time.

Update on the recent IOF bombing campaign

From journalist Hossam Shabat on Twitter and Instagram:

Scenes of children with their torn bodies returned, the screams of mothers returned, the bombing returned, the massacres returned, the burning of tents over the heads of the displaced returned, everything we wished would never return returned.

IOF bombing has resumed throughout all of Gaza. North Gaza has only a single functional hospital, which is in a resource crisis. Hossam explains on Twitter and IG:

The Israeli aggression continues amid the destruction of the healthcare system in northern Gaza. Currently, only one hospital remains operational-the Indonesian Hospital-which is suffering from a severe shortage of medical supplies and equipment. It may no longer be able to accommodate the large number of wounded and martyrs, with essential imaging tools such as X-rays and CT scans unavailable, in addition to a critical fuel shortage. We are witnessing a healthcare system that has not recovered from previous attacks, leading to a humanitarian catastrophe by all measures.

A large portion of the ~200 Gazans murdered this morning were children. Footage from photographer Mahmoud Shalha in north Gaza is linked here for citation purposes, but please be aware that it is extremely graphic and upsetting.

Photographer Osama Abu Rabie reports via Instagram story that the IOF bombed Erbakan School, housing an undisclosed number of displaced people (likely several hundred) in Jabaliya al-Balad.

Please continue monitoring these journalists’ accounts, and those of their peers

Please don’t stop fighting for Gaza

Obsidian amulet in the form of two fingers with incised detail, representing the embalmer’s skill. Egypt, Late Period [i.e. 664 to 332 BC]

(via British Museum)

Do no more than is asked.

Do not stint from following your heart:

wasting time is bad for your ka.

Do not fritter away time on daily chores

beyond (what is necessary to) provide for your household"

“Follow your heart, your conscience and your ka — your creative power — all your life.

Do what has to be done, but not to excess.

Don’t cut short the time spent on the spiritual life; wasting time is an abomination of the ka.

Do not pervert the course of your day-to-day life by spending too long on mundane chores.”

And as a bonus, here is the rest of the maxim:

“Whatever happens, follow your heart and your conscience; things don’t work out well for those who are lazy and negligent.”

Egyptians have actually known and practiced roof planting.

Steven Green, the owner of The Museum of the Bible says his collecting practices were “a little naïve”. Unbelievable, and I mean that literally. I am very thankful, however, that they are doing the right thing and giving the looted and stolen materials back. That is commendable.

Relief of King Djoser