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Tableau of Goddess Isis in Tomb of Psammuthis
Ricci, J, 1820, Lithograph
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Tableau of Goddess Isis in Tomb of Psammuthis
Tableau of Goddess Isis in Tomb of Psammuthis
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Title
Tableau supposed to represent the Goddess Isis receiving Hero in the regions of immortality. Taken from figures large as life in the Tomb of Psammuthis.
Artist / maker
Ricci, J
Date
1820
Size
50.5 x 36.0 cm
Type
Lithograph
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Giovanni Battista Belzoni was an Italian explorer and archaeologist, born in Padua (Padova). In 1803 he was working in England as a circus strong man, and exhibiting models of hydraulic engines. In 1815 he went to Cairo to try and sell his hydraulic engines to Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, and within two years had begun a new career, excavating Egyptian tombs and temples.
Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans and the downtrodden, but she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the hawk-headed god of war and protection (although in some traditions Horus's mother was Hathor). Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children.
Psammuthis was an Egyptian Pharaoh of the Twenty-ninth Dynasty during 393 BC.
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