Series of silk screen printed illustrations depicting the Ancient Egyptian belief of a Pharaoh's journey to the afterlife. Displayed in an accordion style book created with the target audience of children, it opens up to visually represent the pharaohs descent into the underworld. A story explaining the journey is printed on the back side with hieroglyphs, to encourage and educate the reader to learn more about Egyptian history.
Throughout Ancient Egypt, it was common belief that, after a Pharaoh passed away and the mummification was complete, the dark of night was when the trials he had to go through played out. The twelve gates took twelve hours and, if the sun rose the next morning, it meant that the Pharaoh was successful in the Underworld. On the flip side, they believed that, if a Pharaoh failed, then the sun would no longer appear and life as they knew it would be destroyed.
Year 2, Project 1, UCA Canterbury.
Front cover.
Step one - becoming a Mummy and Anubis' arrival.
Step 2 - securing passage on the river to begin journey.
Step 4 - Aqebi the serpent, one of the obstacles a Pharaoh must face.
Step 5 - The Judgement Hall.
Step 6 - the final stage, the Pharaoh prepared to be reborn as Ra and the sun itself.
Full preview of illustrations in accordion book presentation.
