Sheshong Il's gold funerary
Sheshong Il's mummy was adorned with a gold funerary mask, amulets, belt, jewellery, and gold finger and toe stalls, transforming him into a shining, radiant being. Many more amulets-all infused with meaning and magical powers that confer immortality-were placed on the mummy and between the layers of bandages that enveloped it. Some belonged to earlier kings, others came from distant lands.
His
reborn each day. The king's ka- his life force - resided in the mumm ba, or soul, returned each evening as a bird to merge the ka. Like the god Osiris, the deceased pharaoh was
Sheshong Il's gold funerary
Sheshong Il's mummy was adorned with a gold funerary mask, amulets, belt, jewellery, and gold finger and toe stalls, transforming him into a shining, radiant being. Many more amulets-all infused with meaning and magical powers that confer immortality-were placed on the mummy and between the layers of bandages that enveloped it. Some belonged to earlier kings, others came from distant lands.
His
reborn each day. The king's ka- his life force - resided in the mumm ba, or soul, returned each evening as a bird to merge the ka. Like the god Osiris, the deceased pharaoh was