It’s been thousands of years, but still, much of ancient Egypt’s mummification practices remain hidden in history. But now, researchers are sniffing out new clues. Using cutting-edge technology, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Jackal-headed lid, mismatch between ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. TAN-COLORED LID OF CANOPIC JAR ...

It was the first time the ancient artefact had been loaned to a school An ancient Egyptian jar used in the mummification process has been loaned to schools in a pioneering pilot to take artefacts into ...

One of the canopic jars containing the viscera of the royal wet nurse Senetnay, from the time of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, in the 15th century BC. CHRISTIAN TEPPER/MUSÉE AUGUST-KESTNER However, the ...

University College Cork (UCC) will repatriate a number of artifacts housed in its Heritage Collection to the Egyptian State, including mummified human remains. The items in question include the ...

Archaeologists say they have discovered a string of 3,000-year-old rock tombs in the Egyptian city of Luxor, containing the remains of wooden coffins, skeletons, furniture and canopic jars. The tombs ...

FOR a century, they have been on display in the Louvre museum in Paris, labelled as Canopic jars holding the embalmed innards of the great Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II. But the four pots, covered in ...

The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) is a leading international journal for the publication of Egyptological research. The journal publishes scholarly articles (main articles and brief ...

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They found a “Book of the Dead” papyrus scroll measuring over 43 feet long—a rare ...