Hidden Treasures’, bringing together coffins and funerary objects from burial caches to reinterpret how ancient Egyptians ...

Ancient Egyptian coffin dating to 650 BC restored after 26 years. Coffin's history in the UK is unclear; once used as a storage box. Set to be displayed at Swansea University's Egypt Center. An ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian burial chamber featuring two "intricately painted" wooden coffins, among other finds. A joint Egyptian–German mission discovered the tomb during an ...

Nut’s cosmological vignette on the outer coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet in the collection of Odessa Archaeological Museum (© Odessa Archaeological Museum, photo by Mykola Tarasenko) The sky has been a ...

Chicago’s Field Museum is home to over a dozen ancient Egyptian mummies but one in particular has perplexed researchers for years. Now, the mystery of Lady Chenet-aa’s burial procedure appears to be ...

It is a special coffin because the beard is original and that often doesn’t survive. The coffin has quite pronounced ears and they are intact too. The face is largely original. The wig had been ...

Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with the Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study by an astronomer. While ...

The find in Saqqara included 150 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian deities. SAQQARA, Egypt -- Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara ...