![]() ![]() In 1833, some 1,200 objects owned by a man from Piedmont, Giuseppe Sossio, were added to the collection, which grew further during the 20th century when the Italian Archaeological Mission took more items from Egypt. The Turin collections were founded in the early 19th century when the Savoy king, Carlo Felice, acquired some 5,000 objects from the French General Consul, Bernardino Drovetti, inspired by the increasing interest in the Egyptian world that Napoleon’s campaigns in the country had sparked. The Egyptian Museum in Turin, the world’s second largest collection of Egyptian artefacts.And we’ll be using science to uncover the characteristics of the body impression on the Shroud.įrom: Turin, Piazza Carlo Felice 63, in front of the pharmacy We shall unlock the deepest secrets of religion and spirituality of Egypt. Our journey will take us through five thousand years of history. The museum will either help you answer the question or simply satisfy your curiosity about a famous burial cloth. Is today’s “Turin Shroud” the winding sheet that wrapped the body of Jesus? State of the art scientific enquiry allows us to confirm that the body image of the Shroud is certainly not a painting, as has been demonstrated by well-known chemical, physical and computer evidence. But if you want to see a replica, you can visit the Museum of the Shroud (Museo della Sindone) instead. This delicate cloth is actually kept in a climate-controlled container in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin. Turin is associated with the Shroud, a long linen cloth on which the image of a man can be seen. The Gospels tell us that Jesus’s corpse was wrapped in a “shroud”. It’s the world’s oldest Egyptian museum founded in 1824 and it ranks second only to Cairo.ĭecent burial was regarded to be of great importance also in ancient Israel, as in the rest of the ancient Near East. The Egyptian Museum (Museo Egizio) of Turin offers a rich overview of the sacred rituals, including objects connected with the cults, mummification and the rich pantheon of deities. The most salient feature of the religion of the Egyptians seems to have been the worship of the gods of the dead and the belief that it was possible for the dead to live again an eternal existence in the world of spirits. Egyptians were renowned for the attention they paid to the dead: mummification, special instruction for the afterlife inserted into the shroud or coffin, grave goods and monuments for the powerful.
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