🪷 In February 131 AD inside a cliff tomb at #Antinoopolis: #Hadrian officiates at the #OpeningoftheMouth rites for mummified #Antinous in this passage from the @martinglasto.bsky.social historical novel #TheLoveGod about the life #Antinoos. Full text: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/this... 🪷

🪷 In February 131 AD inside a cliff tomb at #Antinoopolis: #Hadrian officiates at the #OpeningoftheMouth rites for mummified #Antinous in this passage from the @martinglasto.bsky.social historical novel #TheLoveGod about the life #Antinoos. Full text: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/this... 🪷

🪷 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 rite in the 72-day mummification process. Here's how it may have happened: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/hadr... Portraits by #AndrewPrior 🪷

🪷 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 rite in the 72-day mummification process. Here's how it may have happened: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/hadr... Portraits by #AndrewPrior 🪷