Digital project

1. Ket 1530 – Lola García Ceppi and
Catalina Saldaño

2. Who was
Hornedjitef?

4. His name was Hornedjitef, and he was a priest
at the Temple of Amun at Karnak. He died
about 220 BC, and was buried at Thebes.

5. Hornedjitef was an important
person:
In Ancient Egypt, priests were the only people,
apart from the king, allowed into temples to
carry out sacred rituals (religious ceremonies)
every day.

6. Because of his high rank, Hornedjitef was
almost certainly given a splendid funeral,
and his mummy was made with special care.

7. It wasn't only people who were
mummified. The Egyptians also made
mummies of ibises (birds), cats,
crocodiles and gazelles.

9. The face on Hornedjitef's mask is that of a young
man with a golden skin.
This is not a picture of Hornedjitef in life. It's him as a
god in the afterlife. When the priest died, he was an
old man.

10. This is his mummy mask:

11. Scientists examined this mummy with a CT
scanner, and found signs of arthritis and other
'ageing' problems in the bones - Hornedjitef
probably walked stiffly, perhaps with a stick.

12. Why the egyptians make mommies?
The Ancient Egyptians made mummies of
dead bodies, to preserve them and make
sure that a person's spirit or 'ba' moved on
into the afterlife.

13. Making a mummy…
Making a mummy took seventy days. During the
process, some body parts including the brain
were removed and placed in jars; the body was
treated with salt and chemicals. The treatment
dried the body to stop decay.

14. The finished
mummy was
wrapped in linen
cloth, and the
painted mask put
over the face,
before the last
funeral rites. It was
then put into a
coffin, and buried
in a tomb.