The mummy was placed in his coffin, or coffins, in the burial chamber and the entrance sealed up. Such elaborate burial practices might suggest that the Egyptians were preoccupied with …

Sep 2, 2023 · In preparation for rebirth after death, especially in the New Kingdom, wealthy Egyptians acquired a sarcophagus, a coffin (the mummy container or " That Which Begets "), …

Mummy cases were New Kingdom boxes that fit between the mummified human or animal and the coffin. They were made in two styles: a box and lid like a coffin, or a box with doors in the …

Coffin texts and wooden models disappeared from new tombs of the period while heart scarabs and figurines shaped as mummies were now often included in burials, as they would be for the …

The early examples maintained the Osiride face, collar and wig, but the body of the coffin was painted white, and bands, often with texts, crossed over the lid and continued on the coffin …

Mummification, magic and ritual are investigated through the objects on display here. These include mummies, coffins, funerary masks, portraits and other items designed to be buried …

May 20, 2020 · Several ancient Egyptian coffins and mummy cases have been found covered in a mysterious 'black goo'. Dr Kate Fulcher, Research Assistant in the Museum's Department of …

May 10, 2024 · The Aswan cartonnage is unusual because it consists of two halves – front and back – and it covered the mummy completely, from head to toe. It is decorated in a very …

Egyptian coffins were not made to represent what the dead person actually looked like, but instead were meant to represent the god the deceased hoped to become once he passed into …

Commoners in ancient Egypt attempted to make their way to afterlife by less-costly means than their rich superiors. Ordinary people were usually buried in single coffins made from reeds or …