Though grave robbers had plundered the tomb, researchers were able to study the paintings and hieroglyphics ... provide a “rare glimpse into daily life and cultural practices during the Old ...

It was important in their religion to preserve the dead body in as life-like a manner ... to be placed in the tomb that a person would need in the Afterlife. Furniture and statuettes were readied; ...

The “Per Ankh,” or House of Life, was likely attended by aristocratic ... challenging what scientists thought they knew about the daily lives of ancient Egyptians. Based upon the artifacts ...

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Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists working at Abydos ... of opening other tombs as visitable monuments in the same area where the new tomb was found. The Daily Pennsylvanian is an independent, ...

The researchers, along with Egyptian archaeologists, unearthed an ancient tomb of an as-of-yet unidentified pharaoh. A press release from the Penn Museum in Philadelphia details how — together ...