Archaeologists in Saqqara make a dazzling discovery: a late period Egyptian coffin with a gilded mask. Now, to bring it to the surface, they use a pulley known as a "tambora," a technology that ...

While the imagery bears a striking resemblance to the cartoon character, experts believe it depicts the woman buried in the coffin as she traveled to the afterlife. The Egyptian coffin contained ...

Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ground. A special report produced with Smithsonian Channel Jo Marchant; Photographs by Roger Anis Beneath the ruins of the Bubasteion ...

CAIRO, April 18. /TASS/. Archaeologists have discovered several sarcophagi and more than 1,000 various artifacts dating back to ancient Egyptian times near the country’s southern city of Luxor ...

Victoria Reed, senior curator of provenance at the Museum of Fine Arts, can spend months chasing down old files about a contested artwork, visiting libraries, translating documents, and poring ...

Sometimes, the Eye of Horus is also featured on coffins and inside tomb chapels. But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology ...

The Egyptian god Anubis was a protector of graves ... she appears depicted on many ancient coffins. It was thought that these pictures would help protect the resident dead from evil.

MUMMIFICATION of sacred animals is a familiar practice in the annals of Ancient Egypt, especially in the ... and wrapped and enclosed in an enormous coffin. It is of the xviiith dynasty and ...

21, 2020 11:24 a.m. | Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 11:24 a.m. Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed more than two dozen ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, an official said Monday.

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

This is the mummy of Hornedjitef an Egyptian priest who was buried in a coffin, within a second, outer coffin. Examining his body using CAT scans and X-rays revealed that he suffered from ...