Egyptians had various beliefs that were associated with the burial of the dead, which included burial strategies, grave goods, and afterlife navigation. The afterlife was a battle, and the dead ...

The Valley of the Kings and other bucket-list Egyptian destinations offer a glimpse into millennia-old majesty and artistry ...

He was now ready for his journey to the Afterlife. 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 ...

This clip is from BBC series: Ancient Egypt - Life and Death ... afterlife and reproduce this as a storyboard or cartoon. Or, they could produce a diary entry for an ancient Egyptian attending a ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

As its name suggests, this ritual is based on the death and resurrection of Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the ... bearers guided the pharaoh to the afterlife. In 1922, when Howard Carter ...

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient ... the afterlife. Its use both in burial practice and in artwork speaks to the strong connection to health, power, and favor with the gods in Egyptian ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

he also unleashed a global passion for ancient Egypt. Tut's glittering treasures made great headlines—especially following the opening of the burial chamber on February 16, 1923—and so did ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we're dead ...