The enchanted statue
The black basalt statue of the priest “Jed-Hur” is one of the most famous pieces of art in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir. This statue gained its fame from the rumors that spread around it that say it is an “enchanted” statue.
The statue was found in the Atreb Temple in the eastern Delta of Qalyubia Governorate - the Ptolemaic era, and it is completely covered with magical texts whose purpose was to treat the bites of snakes, scorpions, and poisonous reptiles.
The museum's official page on the social networking site Facebook provided information about the statue and magic in ancient Egypt, as the statue of the priest "Dajd-Hor" dates back to the late era (about 323 - 317 BC) and bears the artistic characteristics of what is known as the "Tablets of Horus the Child." It is considered one of its variations.
The "Tablets of the Child of Horus" appeared in the late era and were used for therapeutic purposes, especially treatment of the bites of snakes, scorpions, and poisonous reptiles.
The symbols engraved on these tablets are symbols intended to address another world, which is the astral world. In the view of the ancient Egyptian, it was a world intertwined with our world and not separate from it. It is the world to which souls go after death, and it is also the source from which all things come, and in it also lie the reasons for All diseases.
The priests in ancient Egypt treated the sick by communicating with this world (the tools).
Egyptian magic is considered a science based on sources, as the magician uses special books on magic spells that match each case and recites these spells himself. This is what is known as oral rituals, which are then followed by practical rituals. In order for the magic to take effect, some religious spells are recited or performed. The person carries some amulets that serve the purpose of protection and take some sacred symbols. The magicians in ancient Egypt were known as “Hryu-Teb” to bear the verbal translation at the forefront of all, as the magicians carried this title during the era of the New Kingdom, while they bore the title of scribes of divine texts since the beginning of the late era, and it was Priests have a high degree of culture and knowledge, and are familiar with various knowledge and sciences. Magic itself is considered a science based on books and knowledge.
Among the most famous of these magicians is “Didi” and the magician “Gaga Umm Ankh.” Their magical ability and status were mentioned in the Papyrus and “Stakar.”
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