Art of The Week
An occasional look at the art world and pictures that I have found wandering around t'interweb
The God Nun Raises the Sun
Nun, god of the primeval waters, origin of all life and chaos, lifts the barque of the sun god Re (represented by both the scarab and the sun disk) into the sky at the beginning of time. Nut, goddess of the Sky, is hanging from above, holding the god Osiris, also hanging from upside down, who holds the sun from above.
This union, between the sun and Osiris, represents a solid eternal union between the soul and the body which meant to be a complete resurrection of the human being. Vignette from Book of the Dead of Anhay. New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 20th Dynasty, ca. 1189-1070 BC. Now in the British Museum.
source: Art from the Future
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