Arcanae - english

12/12/2019

If you read French and love Ancient Egypt, discover "Perdus en Méditerranée".

You can find it here:
https://arcanaeditions.wordpress.com/

21/11/2019

New acquisition of the Musée du Louvre.
A(nother) good reason to visit it!

🇫🇷 « Statue-cube au nom du Grand chef des médecins de Haute et Basse Égypte , Pa-ân-meniou, fils de Nes-Ptah, né de Mehyt-en-ouaoua » (Égypte – XXIIe dynastie).

🔎 Ce type de statue, dite statue-cube, apparu au Moyen Empire (2058- 1650 av. J.-C.), permettait d’inscrire de nombreux textes et parfois de représenter des scènes, notamment d’offrandes. La statue-cube représentant Pa-ân-meniou est assez caractéristique des productions de la XXIIe dynastie (943-730 av. J.-C.), notamment par le modelé du corps traité de manière souple sous le vêtement. Elle est une des rares statues-cube de la période qui provienne très vraisemblablement du nord de l’Egypte, l’essentiel des statues de particuliers de cette période provenant plutôt de la cachette du temple de Karnak dans le sud du pays.

📍 Cette statue sera exposée à partir du mois de décembre 2019 dans le département des Antiquités égyptiennes, aile Sully, salle 643.
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🌎 « Cube statue on behalf of the Grand Chief of Medicine of Upper and Lower Egypt, Pa-ân-meniou, son of Nes-Ptah » (Egypt – 22nd dynasty)

🔎 This type of statue, known as a “cube statue”, appeared in the Middle Kingdom (2058- 1650 BC). It made possible to inscribe many texts and to represent scenes, especially offerings. The “cube statue” representing Pa-ân-meniou is quite characteristic of the productions of the 22nd dynasty (943-730 B.C.), in particular by the modeling of the body treated in a flexible manner under clothing. This “cube statue” is probably one of the few of this period that comes from the North of Egypt. Most of these privately owned statues rather come from the hiding place of the Karnak Temple in the south of the country.

📍 This statue will be on display from December 2019 in the Egyptian Antiquities Department, Sully Wing, Room 643.
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📸 © Musée du Louvre / Philippe Fuzeau

03/10/2019

Tutankhamun is now leaving Paris for London! He is taken care of with the greatest care:

The largest collection of Tutankhamun's treasures to ever go on display has been packed up and is on its way to London where they will be seen in the UK for the final time. Celebrating 100 years since the boy king's tomb was discovered, 160 artefacts - including jewellery, weapons, coffins and statu...

30/09/2019

Happy International Translation Day!

Hieroglyphs were officially deciphered in September 1822 by Jean-François Champollion. Nowadays, to decipher hieroglyphic texts by yourselves you can use the online dictionary VÉgA - Vocabulaire de l’Égyptien Ancien.

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17/07/2019

If you haven't seen yet the exhibition Tutankhamun, you have until mid-september to go to Paris, La Villette, and enjoy it!
In the meantime, here are some pictures to wait for!

20/06/2019

Arcanae Acid has shared some of its research at the Current Research in Egyptology at

18/06/2019

Arcanae Acid is at the Current Research in Egyptology at Alcala!

15/06/2019

This week, in the series of Gods of Ancient Egypt, Arcanae - english invites you to discover Uadjet, a cobra goddess, protector of Lower Egypt!

08/06/2019

This week, in the series of Gods of Ancient Egypt, Arcanae - english invites you to discover Heh!

03/06/2019

Arcanae - english wishes everyone a very good week with this pretty picture of the temple of Hathor located in Denderah ! 🇪🇬

25/05/2019

This week, in the series of Gods of Ancient Egypt, Arcanae - english invites you to discover one of the most ancient Egyptian deities!

19/05/2019

The ends today under the theme
Indeed ! What better excuse than a sunny or rainy sunday to visit a museum with friends?
Arcanae - english encourages you - if you have the opportunity - to visit all these wonderful museums presented throughout the week...

Today the famous of Paris 🇫🇷