Henut Taui by gypsyangel
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In the 21st dynasty of the Pharaohs a funeral was held for Henut Taui - the Lady of the Two Lands.
Compared to the great rulers of Egypt, her burial was extraordinarily modest. But just like the Pharaohs, she was mummified and her body placed inside her tomb in faith that it would grant her immortality.
Her mummified body waited throughout recorded history - through the time of the Greeks and Romans, the thunder of the Dark and Middle ages--- the Renaissance and Napoleon until in the early 19th century when her tomb was plundered and the Lady was once again brought out into the light of day.
The king of Bavaria bought the ornate sarcophagus with the mummy inside. He gave it to a museum in Munich where for another century Henut Taui slept undisturbed.
Then in 1992, Dr Svetla Balabanova, of the Institue of Forensic Medicine, Ulm Germany, made a discovery that upset the world of Egyptology and called into question whole areas of science.
She discovered that the body of Henut Taui contained large quantities of cocaine and nicotine. The surprise was not just that the ancient Egyptians had taken drugs since they actually consumed a virtual laundry list of recreational mood enhancements--- but that these drugs come from the tobacco and coca plants--- plants completely unknown outside the Americas--- unheard of until Sir Walter Raleigh introduced smoking from the New World or until cocaine was imported in the Victorian era.
After the first tests came more---134 Egyptian Mummies were drug tested and over one third of them were found to contain cocaine and tobacco. It would appear that someone in Ancient Egypt was doing brisk trade with the Americas...and that the Lady of the Two Lands became immortal after all.
Copyright Blue Moon News---used with permission.
A search of Dr Svetla Balabanova on the internet will net you hundreds of articles about this.
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Once again, I didn't have a clue which genre to use---it could be historical, but I doubt she looked anything like this. And I don't have a clue how many different ways they may have ingested thier drugs, but this is easily recognized. This is the lovely Shiloh, (available at www.illusions-designs.net) with massive input from Anton's Egyptian things available at DAZ, with ELsie's fantasy skin by Rhiannon. The Blue Lotus prop pack from Poisen supplied the blue lotus with Egyptian statues by the hankster. The room is from Evanara in free stuff.
Thanks for taking the time... :)
Oh, and they didn't have an adult situation button to check or I would have. :D
Comments (21)
webmasterfossy
Beautiful scene and lights. Fossy
jdsgirl
What an interesting story and a very lovely render! The lighting is just wonderful!!
Vali
superb image:-)
duke39
Great work! I like the bluish tones throughout the image, the pose is very fitting....especially the eyes [^__^] Nice Laura! Cheers, Duke
Mondwin
Refined and superb scene!!!EXC. bravo!vote!:DDD
ericfarris
Magnific image, WOW Bravo!!!!!
luckyred
What a fasinating story!!! Excellent scene here, your lighting is perfect! The props and textures you used are beautiful!!! P.S.(I still think MY picture rocks BIG TIME VBG)
Mariny
Super scene and gorgious character and skintexture:-)
bybydvd
EXCEPTIONAL SCENE .....FANTASTIC EXPRESSION ...EXCELLENT WORK
loba73
Beautiful!!! Awesome Work!! =0)
prog
I really love the cool blue shades in this one!! It gives is a perfect feel, and the textures are just fantastic!!! EXCELLENT work!!!
dadamson
Fantastic Image!!!
ZeroEffect
Just beautiful. I'm glad I just had dinner, cuz this would make me hungry..lol Love the soft lighting, makes for a very intimate setting. Lovely image....
Rhiannon
WOW, thanks for the article, that was really cool, and what a discovery! And a fantastic image to go with it, her pose and expression are just perfect ... awesome work!! HUGS :-)
lgrant
Very beautiful and detailed image. Excellent!!!
Gor111
Beautiful and also mystic looking lady! I like the color and light setting, here! Bravo!!!
justG
Man, if they tought us history like this, I'd be a veritable whiz by now. Thanks for the story, and the wonderful image. :) v
Jean-Luc_Ajrarn
Wow! Fabulous! Terrific scene and awesome work! :) I love all the detail, the color scheme... Formidable! :)
Nuria
he history that you narrate is true, besides rakes of coca in the hair, tobacco and MaryJuana also found and it is not joke! also in the mummy of Ramses II were remains of tobacco. As they were these substances in the bodies of the mummies it is a mystery, although they could be plantations that had been worked in Egypt and then extinguished as so many other things. But doesn't he/she stop to be curious true?
Lord_of_Pork
And suddenly the animal headed gods make sense...
Ultranova
Great illustration of a fascinating bit of information.