Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

It was used in art and burial practices ... it was frequently encountered in graveyards and wound around mummies. These amulets were not ornaments alone; they were believed to guard the dead ...

Its use both in burial practice and in artwork ... it was frequently encountered in graveyards and wound around mummies. These amulets were not ornaments alone; they were believed to guard the ...

To mark the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum on 3 July, Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities Zahi ...

The report also shows that the use of stolen, leaked and illicitly obtained user names ... Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the ...

The god Anubis, often depicted with the head of a jackal or wolf-like canid, served as guide to the underworld and overseer of mummification ... evidence suggests wolf teeth and paws were used as ...

Scientists have studied an enigmatic mummy from the crypt of an Austrian church and revealed an unusual embalming method and ...

The Austrian mummy was found remarkably preserved thanks to a rare embalming method involving wood chips, fabric, and zinc ...

He adds that “the body is not opened, as in classical Egyptian mummies, through an evisceration cut at the left pelvic region, but through incision of the rectum.” “It’s an exemplary piece ...

This week, uncover the secrets of an 18th century mummy, meet an ancestor of unusual modern mammals, see the sun like never ...

In the middle of the figurine's torso, there is a hole that goes all the way through the amber, likely used by the ancient ... making Słupcio a powerful Stone Age amulet. Kristina Killgrove ...