The priesthood helped preserve old traditions that underpinned Egyptian culture and its hierarchy helped keep order within society. Religion and priests were central to everyday life in ancient Egypt.

Nesyamun was an ancient Egyptian priest who sang chants as part of his ritual duties at the temple of Karnak in Thebes during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses XI. Now, 3,000 years after his death ...

as a way to discuss controversial ritual sex acts with other priests. "Our text may represent a new and hitherto unrecognized Egyptian literary genre: 'cult' fiction, the purpose of which was to ...

Languages: English, Spanish 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 ...

as a way to discuss controversial ritual sex acts with other priests. "Our text may represent a new and hitherto unrecognized Egyptian literary genre: 'cult' fiction, the purpose of which was to ...

In addition to serving as priests and undertakers, ancient Egyptian embalmers were real-estate salesmen, too. While pharaohs and the Egyptian elite were mummified and laid to rest in elaborately ...

The necropolis of Saqqara, an Egyptian archaeological gem ... The inscriptions in his tomb reveal that he was also a priest and wizard, associated with ritual and religious practices.