An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link For millennia, ancient Egyptians were laid to rest in burial shafts under Saqqara, a city of the dead in the desert south of modern-day Cairo. But ...

Ancient Egyptian funerary paintings have long been admired for their formal and structured nature, but a recent study conducted by an international team of scientists revealed new insights into the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an Ancient Egyptian cemetery dated to more than 3,000 years ago containing the colorful coffin of a high priest's daughter and preserved mummies, among hundreds of other ...

When it was made: Between 3500 and 3100 B.C. Related: Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony What it tells us about the past: More ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a rare burial chamber where several mummies were interred with thin gold foils in ...

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Catharine Roehrig discussing art found in the tomb of Meketre, which dates back to more the Egyptian Middle Kingdom in 2000 B.C.E. The center image is a statue of a semi-divine female figure ...

A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains. Unknown artist, “Mesu Smelling a Lotus” (c.