Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

“Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection” Through Aug. 6. $6-$8. Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 S. Kilgo Circle, Atlanta carlos.emory.edu .

W hen it comes to difficult travel, no journey outside New York City’s subway system rivals the ones described in The Book of Two Ways, a mystical road map to the ancient Egyptian afterlife ...

The "'Book of the Dead' denotes the relatively large corpus of mortuary texts that were typically copied onto papyrus scrolls and deposited in burials of the New Kingdom [circa 1550 B.C. to 1070 B ...

Archaeologists have discovered the 4,000-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb of "Idi," a local governor's daughter who lived during Egypt's Middle Kingdom (circa 2030 to 1640 B.C.). She was buried ...

Spells for the afterlife found on 52-foot papyrus scroll from ancient Egyptian tomb By Aspen Pflughoeft. February 24, 2023 3:25 PM.

What it tells us about the past: This decorated wooden diorama was discovered in a secret chamber of an ancient Egyptian tomb in Thebes (now Luxor) in 1920. The enormous tomb was that of Meketre ...

The tomb belongs to Prince Userefre, also spelled Waser-If-Re, the son of King Userkaf, also spelled Wserkaf a pharaoh who reigned around 2465 to 2458 B.C. during Egypt's fifth dynasty (circa 2465 ...

Archaeologists have discovered the "richly decorated" tomb of an ancient Egyptian dignitary that is filled with magic spells aimed at protecting against snake bites.

The researchers recovered six samples of balm from two separate jars – those that stored Senetnay’s lungs and liver, respectively – which are now held at the Museum August Kestner in Germany.