It has 107 halls, On the ground floor, there are huge statues. The upper floor houses small statues, jewels, Tutankhamon treasures, and mummies. Museum contains Egyptian museum contains more than 150 thousand artifacts, most notably those found in the tombs of the kings and the royal footnote...
eyebrows to mark their sadness. Deceased cats were very often mummified and entombed with fine jewelry and treasures; a custom usually reserved for only the most powerful and wealthy. Mummified rats and mice have even been found in cats' tombs, signaling the Egyptian belief in a cat afterlife....
A number of these Hymns to Aten have been found in the tombs of Akhetaten (modern Amarna), particularly among temple courtiers and even pharaohs (Pharaoh Ay). Outside of tombs, no surviving hymns have been found. One such example is given below. The Great Hymn to the Aten “How ...
Because history was written by the rulers, only a few of their wives are known to us today. We can only hope that tombs of the lesser wives are found, as they shed light to an important part of the Egyptian society - the life of women in court. ...
the text translated by the late Dr. R.O. Faulkner is that found in the papyrus prepared for the scribe Ani which is one of the greatest treasures in the British Museum. The vignettes are taken from the many finely illustrated copies which are preserved in the collections of the British Mus...
The ancientEgyptiankings had strong tombs built for them to keep their bodies safe after they died and to keep their treasures. The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu. It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. In fact all the...
Posted by Gemma Ellen Smith on Jan 17, 2021 in News A mummy dating back to the New Kingdom found at the funerary temple of Queen Naert. Photograph: Mohamed Hossam/EPA (Source: The Guardian Online). “Egypt has announced the discovery of a new trove of treasures at the Saqqara necropoli...
The former displays of his tomb goods in the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square have long paled in comparison to the slick presentation of his ‘treasures’ in various touring exhibitions, so the update is overdue. Understandably, the need to contextualise Tutankhamun in the general setting of ...
As a result, this gave rise to the myth of Tutankhamun's curse. Tutankhamun's tomb was the most complete burial chamber ever found. While many other tombs had been plundered by thieves, Tutankhamun's was virtually untouched and filled with priceless treasures....
jeweler, Mummies pottery and of course the magnificent treasure of King Tutankhamen, as well as they discovered The Death Mask of the boy king in its tomb, and they found out that it was made of solid and pure gold, as it was considered as the most amazing object that has ever made.Th...