The Eye of Horus, an omnipresent symbol in Ancient Egypt, is often associated with amulets and burials, carrying a spiritual ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

suggesting that the amulet was not originally intended for her. The Book of the Dead passage engraved on the bottom of the scarab discusses the weighing of the heart. In ancient Egypt, the heart ...

A senior Egyptian education official died of a sudden heart attack last week following a surprise inspection by the country’s Minister of Education. Picture for illustrative purposes only.

During the Middle Bronze Age, scarabs were used as seals and amulets, as Daphna Ben-Tor, curator of Egyptian archaeology at the Israel Museum, says in the IAA statement. “They were found in ...

A 3 ½-year-old girl vacationing in Israel found more than seashells during a family vacation early last month, instead digging up an amulet more ... name comes from the Egyptian word "hprr ...

2025 got off to a flying start at Young V&A with the wonderfully inspiring – and busy – opening of Making Egypt, our second exhibition. Why Making Egypt, here at Young V&A, you may well be asking ...

The inscriptions and imagery found on the walls of tombs, known as the Sarcophagus Texts, Pyramid Texts, and the Egyptian Book of the Dead, along with the amulets associated with ... the soul would ...

The trove includes not just the 13 gold tongues, but a mummy with golden fingernails; and heart scarabs, amulets, funerary pottery ... Gold sheets thought to be fingernail covers. (Egyptian Ministry ...

Archaeologists have uncovered several ancient Egyptian tombs containing dozens of mummies—some of which were found with gold ...