Statues of the Ancestors or "Ba"

1. Home Worship

2. Royal "Ba"

3. Villager's "Ba"

1. Tomb of Irinefer Western Thebes, Nineteenth Dynasty 1200-1150 B.C. From the Per Em Heru Prayer 92 " 2." Walking Ancestor" By Bridgitte Montgomery

1. Prayer #92



















2. "Walking Ancestor"Art By Bridgitte Montgomery

Egyptian and Nubian Cultures Merged.

Artistic Depictions Changed when Nubia and Egypt Merged


1. Nubia's goat wearing an ostrich feather sphere became a ram's head crowned with a sun disk.



2. Egypt absorbed the sphear Sun disk with horns


3. Nubia had a winged goddess and Egypt had a bird with a woman's head. Egypt's winged goddess merged.






4. (Note) Amun's original depiction was of a blue god and his invisibility was represented by the color blue-- the color of the sky.

1. "The Beautiful Feast of the Valley" is found in the Tomb Nebamun; Thebes, 1430 B.C. 2. The Tomb of Nakht, Thebes1490 B.C 3. Bridgitte Montgomery

"The Beautiful Feast" By Bridgitte Montgomery

1. "The Procession" Late Bronze Age wall painting is located on the royal tomb of Huy, Thebes. Painting 2. "The Procession" By Bridgitte Montgomery

"The Procession" Art By Bridgitte Montgomery