Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus - 20x30cm Lady_of_Guadalupe The echo or the answer

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Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus - 20x30cm Lady_of_Guadalupe The echo or the answerThe Opening of the Mouth Ceremony from the Sacred Pyramid Texts Hand painted The ceremony involved a symbolic animation of a statue or mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe and speak. There is evidence of this ritual from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period. Special tools were used to perform the ceremony, such as a ritual adze, an arm shaped ritual censer, a spooned blade known as a peseshkaf, a serpent head blade, and a