{"id":401,"date":"2015-02-11T22:15:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2015-02-11T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:15:14","slug":"ancient-egypt-make-cartouche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/ancient-egypt-make-cartouche\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Egypt: Make Your Own Cartouche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One way to learn about Ancient Egyptian culture is by studying its antiquity, jewelry and customs. One popular custom of this ancient society\u00a0was the making of the cartouche.\u00a0A cartouche is a kind of nameplate. Ancient Egyptians used cartouches for kings, queens, and other high-ranking people in the kingdom. A cartouche consists of a number of different hieroglyphic symbols enclosed in a loop.\u00a0A cartouche was meant to protect against evil spirits both in this life and the afterlife.<\/p>\n<p>Learn how to make your own cartouche from &#8220;The Unlikely Homeschool.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You will need the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wax paper<\/li>\n<li>Oven-bake craft clay<\/li>\n<li>Craft string\/twine<\/li>\n<li>A pencil or clay awl<\/li>\n<li>A butter knife or toothpick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-402\" src=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1915.jpg\" alt=\"cartouche making\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1915.jpg 400w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1915-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cover your work surface with wax paper. Roll a one inch square of oven-bake craft clay into a snake shape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-403\" src=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1916.jpg\" alt=\"cartouche making 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1916.jpg 400w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1916-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Using your finger, flatten the &#8220;snake&#8221; and then flip the flattened oval over to the smooth side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-404\" src=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1917.jpg\" alt=\"cartouche making 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1917.jpg 400w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1917-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Use the tip of a pencil or a clay awl to make a hole at one end of the oval.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-406\" src=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1919.jpg\" alt=\"cartouche 5\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1919.jpg 400w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1919-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Using a toothpick or the tip of a butter knife, recreate the hieroglyphs of each letter of your name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-407\" src=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Using a toothpick or the tip of a butter knife, recreate the hieroglyphs of each letter of your name.\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1920.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1920-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow the baking instructions indicated on the clay package.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-408\" src=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1923.jpg\" alt=\"cartouche 7\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1923.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1923-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tie some craft twine through the hole to complete the necklace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check out Baidun&#8217;s Egyptian collection of art and antiquity, <a href=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/civilization\/egyptian\/\" target=\"_blank\">here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One way to learn about Ancient Egyptian culture is by studying its antiquity, jewelry and customs. 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