| Around 1100 B.C there lived a young lady in the | | | | life screams loudly about her balanced life. |
| city of Light, today known as Luxor - Egypt, she | | | | The tomb of Anhai has never been located, or |
| was called Anhai. From her book of the dead it | | | | maybe it has? |
| was revealed that she was a member of a | | | | The fact surrounding this scroll of papyrus is yet |
| college of Amun-Re. | | | | another mystery to ancient history. Since ancient |
| Karnak temple is dedicated to Amun, and | | | | days, artifacts have been sold through different |
| Amun-Re means, Amun(the hidden one) and the | | | | ways, some more legal than others. One of such |
| Sun(Ra) a mixture of two gods. Anhai would have | | | | objects was a small statue of the god |
| walked, in the many halls of this beautiful and | | | | Ptah-Seker-Ausar* which was found to contain a |
| unique place. | | | | Papyrus scroll belonging to a lady named Anhai. It |
| She was a beautiful woman, which is clear t see | | | | was parts of her Book of the dead, and its |
| on her papyrus book of the dead. A slim and | | | | condition was remarkable. |
| slender woman with long dark brown hair, the fine | | | | NOTES: |
| linen, curved around her body. | | | | * Book of the dead: is usually a papyrus of the |
| Her book of the dead, indicates a person of | | | | deceased' life and some standard spells which |
| significant stature, the quality of the paper as well | | | | would help the deceased to reach the after-world. |
| as the quality of the artists work. A priestess of | | | | I would personally compare it with a diary of the |
| Amun-Re, and as such she would have dedicated | | | | deceased, his or hers contribution to society as |
| her life to the service of this God, and not to a | | | | well as a depiction of their status when they |
| family life of her own. She would have been | | | | were alive. |
| present at each festival, and probably a partaker | | | | * Ptah-Seker-Ausar: This is a name given to a |
| of events dedicating to Amun-Re. She would have | | | | large class of wooden figures, usually they stand |
| walked down the Sphinx alley, as great ships | | | | on small pedestals. This god was great in his own |
| sailed along side the dancers, moving towards the | | | | right, combined by three elements. It is the |
| Karnak temples in a great precession. | | | | fascinating triad of Ptah the Creator, Seker the |
| The mystery of Anhai | | | | god of the dead in Memphis (Sakkarah), and Osiris |
| She is a fascinating and mysterious woman, even | | | | the god of the dead of Abydos a nome (city) of |
| until this very day. From a silent papyrus scroll her | | | | Upper Egypt. |