La pittura egizia - La pesatura del cuore

We analyze a fragment of a papyrus scroll from the Book of the Dead, held at the British Museum in London, depicting the "Weighing of the Heart" by the scribe Hunefer before Osiris. This fascinating testimony helps us identify the virtually immutable technical and stylistic characteristics of Egyptian painting. 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Fill colors, materials, and tempera technique 04:49 A religious service 05:41 Themes (everyday life, hunting or fishing scenes, etc.) 07:19 Exceptions (Tomb of the Scribe Menna) 08:27 The tomb of the Scribe Nebamun and the hunt for marsh birds 10:07 General stylistic characteristics 13:25 The Last Judgment of the Scribe Hunefer 14:43 Ba (soul of the journey) and Ka (soul of the body) 15:12 The weighing of the heart and good deeds 16:11 The data (c. 1275 BC - New Kingdom) 16:44 Pyramids, sarcophagi, and papyrus 17:37 Description of the work (the subject)