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27 juli 2021 Aakash Nair
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Making balls of kyphi

The dough has been rolled into pellets

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Ancient Egypt and the culture of perfume.

The use of smelly components in Egyptian daily life: Kyphi, incense and other perfume.

Incense was considered the “Fragrance of the Gods” in Ancient Egypt. Making incense meant in a mysterious way creating the body of the gods and communicating with them. Do you know that the...

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In ancient Egypt, Kyphi was employed for ritual ceremonies and generally it was burnt in temples in the evening

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Mixing raw materials for kyphi

Blending frankincense, myrrh, mastic, honey

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Sealing with the right amount of space in between blotters.
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