The board game hounds and jackals, popular in ancient Egypt, likely originated in southwestern ... features pieces with either the shape of a jackal’s or a hound’s head and is played on ...

The final stop is Aswan where we visit the famous dam, which is Egypt’s modern marvel of engineering, as well as a Nubian ...

He had the body of a man but the head of a jackal, black to symbolise decay ... Ramses II is considered one of the greatest rulers of Ancient Egypt, for his military prowess as well as his ...

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 ...

The ancient ... head of a jackal. Isis was an important goddess with many roles. She helped the dead enter the afterlife, was the divine mother of the pharaohs and a protector of Egypt.