Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus Earth and the world's third most-visited

and the world's third most-visited sacred site

Each statue is hand carved

but as a soldier bound by a singular

embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil

Opening of The Mouth Ceremony Papyrus Earth and the world's third most-visitedThe 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 variety of other amulets. A calf's leg was also held up to the lips painted on the