It might surprise you to know that the Egyptians also preserved millions of animals. In a recent study, my colleagues and I revealed extraordinary details about the final hours in the life of a ...

The Egyptian god Anubis was a protector of graves and an embalmer. KV 14 tomb of Tausert and Setnakht, Egypt. Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, and had six daughters by him.

The discovery included 52 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, the structure of a large tomb where 300 mummies had been interred side-by-side, and various amulets and scarabs that depicted the ...

This is the mummy of Hornedjitef an Egyptian priest who was buried in ... suggesting he was a mature man when he died. The embalmers have placed four packages inside his torso, probably his ...

In ancient Egypt, wood for coffins was scarce and expensive. Not everyone could afford a new coffin or linen wrappings. A good coffin – but not a luxurious one – in the New Kingdom would cost about ...

The first "artificial" Egyptian mummies were made around 3000 BC. These early efforts at embalming were crude, but reflected the culture's emerging beliefs about preserving the dead to achieve ...

Embalmers used salt to dry the bodies ... each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ. Imsety was the human-headed god who ...

The first "artificial" Egyptian mummies were made around 3000 B.C. These early efforts at embalming were crude, but reflected the culture's emerging beliefs about preserving the dead to achieve ...

Embalmers used salt to dry the bodies, then wrapped them in linens ... Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one ...

This mask would have been worn by a priest during funeral rituals.Mask in the form of the jackal head Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of embalming and the dead. It is made of cartonnage, layers of ...