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Where did we come from and how did our world begin? For thousands of years, people from cultures all around the globe have devised stories to explain the creation of their domains. In this essay for Glencairn Museum News, Dr. Jennifer Houser Wegner, Associate Curator in the Egyptian Section at the Penn Museum, introduces us to the fascinating subject of ancient Egyptian creation myths, including the cosmological context for a number of objects in Glencairn Museum’s Egyptian gallery.
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In another day or two we’ll be ready to publish an article in Glencairn Museum News about Egyptian creation myths. This hieroglyphic inscription is on the back pillar of a figurine in the Glencairn collection of Ptah, a creator god. The inscription includes three hieroglyphs which, when combined, form the word “hemut,” which can be translated as “craftsmanship.” The ancient Egyptians didn’t have a word for “art,” but they recognized the output of craftsmen as a form of creation!
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