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Atlas Carrying the World Statue
The Pythia is the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi who also served as the oracle
Width: 22cm / 8
He died of a fever in Babylon in June 323 BC
hung with tassels of gold
Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus Gift Under $50 Atlas Carrying the World StatueThe ceremony involved a symbolic animation of a statue or mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe and speak. There is evidence of this ritual from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period. Special tools were used to perform the ceremony, such as a ritual adze, an arm shaped ritual censer, a spooned blade known as a peseshkaf, a serpent head blade, and a variety of other amulets. A calf's leg was also held up to the lips painted on the
