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Shabti, Servants of the Afterlife



I like this article from Norway about a museum housing Egyptian relics, which appear to be moving at night when no one is around. They are called shabti, and were figurines which were put into tombs and were believed to be invested with magical powers to do work for the deceased in the afterlife.

    “They have behaved strangely since we took them up out of the cellar in 2001,” said museum guard Richard Saure. He was the first to notice that small stone figurines, whose job was to work for the dead, were not like other relics.

    “They were neatly packed in a case when we brought them up. When we came to work the day after, they were lying all over the place, except for two - two false shabtis,” Saure said.

    “The exhibition opened in May 2001. Since then these small figurines have moved. Some of them have turned 90 degrees. They stand in glass cases that are sealed and locked but you can see it in the trails in the dust,” Saure said.

This page has some stuff about shabti and photos. This other one has an awesome drawing by a kid of some shabti.







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