Archaeologists excavating an area near Ramesseum Temple found several ancient tombs with canopic jars and hundreds of statues, photos show. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Standing in front of ...
Clockwise from top left: Excavation of burial shaft, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith; cache of embalming vessels, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith On the western ...
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How Did Egyptians Make Mummies?

Mummies feel mysterious, but to ancient Egyptians, the process was a carefully developed practice rooted in belief and ritual, and […] ...
The 3,000-year-old Imsety sculpture is a lid to a canopic jar, which held organs during mummification. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol On August 17, the United States Customs and Border Patrol seized a ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They found a “Book of the Dead ...
Archaeologists excavating an area near Ramesseum Temple found several ancient tombs with canopic jars and hundreds of statues, photos show. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto The summaries below ...
University College Cork (UCC) will repatriate a number of artifacts housed in its Heritage Collection to the Egyptian State, including mummified human remains. The items in question include the ...