An episode of the British Museum's own Curators' Corner video series, published on the Museum's own YouTube channel, in which Museum staff step into a recreated "Curator's Clinic" to explore how ancient Egyptian magical specialists worked, addressing troubles such as crocodile attacks and worries about bad dreams through protective spells and amulets. The Museum's own touring exhibition on the same subject, Heka, describes this magic as woven into every aspect of ancient Egyptian life including religious practice, activated through words, names and spoken formulae rather than by the physical amulet alone.
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Release Year Country of OriginLondon, United Kingdom (The British Museum) 1 Subject Matter
Religious Subject MatterAncient Egyptian magical practice (heka), which the Museum's own Heka exhibition record ties directly to religious practice and belief in the gods. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Ancient Egyptians directly: "An episode of the British Museum's own Curators' Corner video series, published on the Museum's own YouTube channel, in which Museum staff step into a recreated "Curator's Clinic" to explore how..."
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The British Museum's own Curators' Corner episode explores ancient Egyptian magical practice, and the Museum's own Heka exhibition record establishes that this magic was woven into ancient Egyptian religious practice and belief in the gods, making this the first screen work the atlas holds for the tradition.
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