Art on an Egyptian sarcophagus attracts attention because it resembles Marge Simpson

A 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy was found in a cemetery in the Valley of the Kings and has captured the attention of archaeologists for its state of preservation, but also for its art

An archaeological discovery published now, in June 2024, in Egypt, has had a lot of repercussions on social media for its curiosity: an art made on the lid of a sarcophagusrepresenting a noblewoman from Ancient Egypt, she is very similar to Marge Simpson, an animation character The Simpsons.

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The figure comes from a cemetery of the New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC), found in early 2023. For archaeology, the find is very important, as it reveals more about funerary practices, art and culture of Ancient Egypt. The color and shape of the depicted figure’s dress, however, and the hat that resembled the yellow hair of the animated character stood out much more in the eyes of the audience.

Marge Simpson’s Mummy

You mummified remains next to the sarcophagus it belonged to an Egyptian noblewoman named Tadi Ist. She was the daughter of the High Priest of Djehuty, i.e. of the god Amun, in the city of Ashmunein (modern Hermopolis Magna). It was in a recently found cemetery in the Valley of the Kings, 3,500 years old, that the lid with the ancient Egyptian art it turned out.

For archaeologists, the novelty of mummy and the sarcophagus is characteristic of the New Kingdom in its preservation and artistry, with detailed carvings and paintings representing the deceased. In many cases, engravings from the Book of the Dead, a series of spells used to aid the dead in the spirit world, were also recorded on coffins and tombs.

In sarcophagi of the 20th dynasty, in particular, the social and political conditions of Egypt at the time become clear: in this period a “democratization” of the afterlife was taking place, when even ordinary people were buried in the way traditionally reserved for pharaohs, aspiring to eternal life as well as their monarchs. Personal piety and commemoration of the dead also became common themes in tombs.

Source: The Archaeologist

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