History of the Coffin and Mummy of Ta-Shery-En-Iset Iset's coffin and mummy date back to the Ptolemaic period, a golden age that spanned from 305 to 30 BCE. The mummy has painted and gilded cardboard, while the coffin has painted and gessoed wood. Ta-Shery-En-Iset's cardboard mask and foot coverings are painted, and there are garlands on her chest. The coffin also features torus moldings, columns at the corners and a jackal, which symbolizes the funerary god Anubis, painted on the lid. Ta-Shery-En-Iset was a housewife and the daughter of another housewife, Ta-Imhotep. Before his own death, Ta-Imhotep created a long inscription that recorded the details of his life and how it was interrupted; the inscribed memorial expressed tones of pessimism and anxiety, as opposed to other memorials of the time which were more optimistic. Djehor was also created during the Ptolemaic period, between 200 and 150 BCE. The sarcophagus was located in Sakkara, Egypt, a 3,000-year-old ancient cemetery for kings and other individuals of high power. Sakkara is also home to the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser, built in the 27th century BCE. Djehor was the son of the mistress of the house Tekas, and was royal scribe and priest of Min. As a royal scribe, Djehor created handwritten documents for people of high power such as kings or nobles. At that time, literacy rates were low, so it was difficult to find people who could read and write. For this reason, Djehor was most likely an upper class citizen, which is rather paper......in other paintings of London, Derain uses brighter colors, while his use of colors is more restricted in Regent. Street, London.Art from 1900-1949Napoleonic Imperial EggIn 1912, this egg was created by Henrik Emanuel Wigstrom and Vassily Ivanovich Zuiev in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Tsar Nicholas II gave the egg to his mother, Maria Feodorovna, at Easter 1912. The egg is made of guilloche enamel, rose-cut diamond, platinum, ivory, gouache, velvet and silk . The egg commemorates the centenary of Russia's victory over Napoleon's armies. The design, colors, patterns and monumentality of the egg are all inspired by the French Empire style. The solid gold lid reveals a six-panel screen with miniatures representing the military regiments of which Feodorovna was honorary colonel. On the opposite side of each panel is the crowned figure of Feodorovna..

Essay / History of the Coffin and Mummy of Ta-Shery-En-Iset Iset's coffin and mummy date back to the Ptolemaic period, a golden age that spanned from 305 to 30 BCE. The mummy has painted and gilded cardboard, while the coffin has painted and gessoed wood. Ta-Shery-En-Iset's cardboard mask and foot coverings are painted, and there are garlands on her chest. The coffin also features torus moldings, columns at the corners and a jackal, which symbolizes the funerary god Anubis, painted on the lid. Ta-Shery-En-Iset was a housewife and the daughter of another housewife, Ta-Imhotep. Before his own death, Ta-Imhotep created a long inscription that recorded the details of his life and how it was interrupted; the inscribed memorial expressed tones of pessimism and anxiety, as opposed to other memorials of the time which were more optimistic. Djehor was also created during the Ptolemaic period, between 200 and 150 BCE. The sarcophagus was located in Sakkara, Egypt, a 3,000-year-old ancient cemetery for kings and other individuals of high power. Sakkara is also home to the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser, built in the 27th century BCE. Djehor was the son of the mistress of the house Tekas, and was royal scribe and priest of Min. As a royal scribe, Djehor created handwritten documents for people of high power such as kings or nobles. At that time, literacy rates were low, so it was difficult to find people who could read and write. For this reason, Djehor was most likely an upper class citizen, which is rather paper......in other paintings of London, Derain uses brighter colors, while his use of colors is more restricted in Regent. Street, London.Art from 1900-1949Napoleonic Imperial EggIn 1912, this egg was created by Henrik Emanuel Wigstrom and Vassily Ivanovich Zuiev in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Tsar Nicholas II gave the egg to his mother, Maria Feodorovna, at Easter 1912. The egg is made of guilloche enamel, rose-cut diamond, platinum, ivory, gouache, velvet and silk . The egg commemorates the centenary of Russia's victory over Napoleon's armies. The design, colors, patterns and monumentality of the egg are all inspired by the French Empire style. The solid gold lid reveals a six-panel screen with miniatures representing the military regiments of which Feodorovna was honorary colonel. On the opposite side of each panel is the crowned figure of Feodorovna..

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