Thursday, November 18, 2010

Now I am interested, how do you make one?

No one really knew how the Egyptians made amulets. All we know is that they were made out of anything they could use. The most common material is stone, but the Egyptians weren't to picky. It is reasonable to think that it wasn't easy to make an amulet, but strangely as it sounds it was really easy. We know it was easy because there were so many. Have you ever seen an amulet before? If you haven't, they are very very very detailed and colorful. The Egyptians favored turquoise.

What is a Funearay Amulet?

A funerary amulet is basically an amulet for the dead. A funerary amulets job is to keep the mummy intact. As far as I know they worked pretty well. There was only one rule for a funerary amulet. The rule is that they must be made out of gold. One of the most famous funerary amulets is the knot of Isis. The knot of Isis represents the afterlife. We know that funerary amulets exist because we found several of them in the tomb that belonged to King Tut. I don't know about you but I would want to buried with a funerary amulet.

Who wore amulets??

If you went to Egypt you could see any wearing an amulet. If you saw someone wearing one you could assume that they needed either luck or protection. People were not the only ones who were associated with amulets, mummies were associated to. If you were Egyptian you would want to be buried with a funerary amulet to protect yourself from evil afterlife god known as Osiris. Even today you could still see someone wearing an amulet. A lot of people have a tattoo of the Eye of Horus.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

What is the point of an amulet?

Amulets were very significant to Egypt. They were significant because there was a lot of evil in ancient Egypt. For example, children would wear little fishes to keep away the bad spirits of the Nile. They were also used for medication. Ya I know it sounds crazy, but back in the day there wasn't much technology so they used whatever they had. If you were an Egyptian you would see any and everyone wearing an amulet.

What the hecks an amulet?

An amulet is basically is little good luck charm. An amulets job is to protect the wearer from evil. Many mummies were buried with amulets to make the trip to the afterlife smooth. There a couple different names for an amulet. The two most common names are Nehet and Meket. All the different names come from the word protect, Which is pretty self explanatory. One of the most famous amulets is the Eye of Horus. The eye of Horus gives the wearer good health. I don't know about you but that sounds like a pretty good idea to me.