Mehandi Design For Hands (1)Photos Pictures Pics Images

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Mehandi Design For Hands (1)Photos Pictures Pics Images

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Scholars have identified a variety of Egyptian plant-names as possibly referring to the henna plant. The most promising candidate is the plant known in ancient Egyptian as the ‘nḥ-imi-plant, which might be tentatively translated as the ‘Life-is-in-it’-plant. It was used both medicinally, as a treatment for tumours, as well as ritually: the hands and feet of the deceased were anointed with it during the embalming process, and it was described as protecting the bed of the Pharaoh. The name ‘Life-is-in-it’ clearly expresses some ritual or magical significance; some suggest that its scent was thought to bring the dead back to life. While it would be tempting to connect this to archaeological records of hennaed mummified bodies and posit the existence of a postmortem henna ritual in ancient Egypt, we must be very cautious. There is no indication in any Egyptian text that the ‘nḥ-imi plant had any colouring properties, and the identification of ‘nḥ-imi with henna is tentative at best. Other scholars have presented evidence that the ‘nḥ-imi plant is not henna, and identify ‘nḥ-imi as a type of lotus, perhaps the white lotus, Nymphaea lotus. Furthermore, I am not aware of any depiction in Egyptian art of people with henna, either in hair or on skin. Given the archaeological and textual evidence, it is possible to say that henna may have been known in ancient Egypt for a variety of functions, but its exact use and ritual significance cannot be definitively ascertained.

Mehandi Design For Hands (1)Photos Pictures Pics Images