🪷 In February 131 AD inside a cliff tomb at #Antinoopolis: #Hadrian officiates at the #OpeningoftheMouth rites for mummified #Antinous in this passage from the acclaimed #MartinCampbell historical novel #TheLoveGod about the life #Antinoos. Full text: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/this-antinous-novel-describes-hadrians.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>THIS ANTINOUS NOVEL DESCRIBES <br>HADRIAN'S FAREWELL TO HIS BELOVED</B></center></font>

THIS  passage from Martin Campbell's brilliant novel  THE LOVE GOD  beautifully illustrates how Hadrian officiated at the "opening of the m...

🪷 On 1 Feb we mark the day #Hadrian may have officiated at the #openingofthemouth rites over the mummy of #Antinous at #Antinoopolis in 131 AD, final ritual in the 72-day mummification process. Here's how it may have happened: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/hadrian-officiates-at-antinous-opening.html Portraits by #AndrewPrior 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>HADRIAN OFFICIATES AT ANTINOUS <br>OPENING OF THE MOUTH CEREMONY</B></center></font>

ON  February 1st the Religion of Antinous commemorates the Opening of the Mouth ceremony which was undertaken on the mummy of Antinous to en...

🪷 On 1 Feb we mark the day #Hadrian may have officiated at the #openingofthemouth rites over the mummy of #Antinous at #Antinoopolis in 131 AD, final ritual in the 72-day mummification process. Here's how it may have happened: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/02/this-antinous-novel-describes-hadrians.html Portraits by #AndrewPrior 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>THIS ANTINOUS NOVEL DESCRIBES <br>HADRIAN'S FAREWELL TO HIS BELOVED</B></center></font>

THIS  passage from Martin Campbell's brilliant novel  THE LOVE GOD  beautifully illustrates how Hadrian officiated at the "opening of the m...

🪷 On February 1st we mark the day #Hadrian may have officiated at the #openingofthemouth rites over the mummy of #Antinous at #Antinoopolis in 131 AD, final ritual in the 72-day mummification process. Here's how it may have happened: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-entombment-of-antinous.html Portraits by #AndrewPrior 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>THE ENTOMBMENT OF ANTINOUS</B></center></font>

AFTER  the process of mummification had been completed, and the ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth had given life to the eternal vessel of...

🪷 On February 1st we mark the day #Hadrian may have officiated at the #openingofthemouth rites over the mummy of #Antinous at #Antinoopolis in 131 AD, final ritual in the 72-day mummification process. Here's how it may have happened: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-entombment-of-antinous.html Portraits by #AndrewPrior 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>THE ENTOMBMENT OF ANTINOUS</B></center></font>

AFTER  the process of mummification had been completed, and the ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth had given life to the eternal vessel of...