Egypt
- A Mummy Swtcheroo
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) Min, the ancient Egyptian god of phallus and fertility, might have brought some worldy advantages to his male worshippers, but offered little protection when it came to spiritual life. Researchers at the Mummy Project-Fatebenefratelli...
- Ancient And Modern Attitudes To Death
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/opinion/local_story_273195217.html A 2-page feature comparing the attitudes of the ancient Egyptians and the modern (presumably western) world to death, inspired by the exhibition Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian...
- 26th Dynasty Horus Priest Surfaces
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/702/eg7.htm WHILE laying the foundation stone of a new mosque in the Al-Basriya area of north-east Cairo's Ain Shams district,found a 26th dynasty tomb containing the skeleton of priest Ankh- Khonsu Deirt Hur, whose...
- Smuggling Ring Broken
...
- Interior Of The Sarcophagus Of Nectanebo Ii
This is the left side interior looking towards the foot of the sarcophagus of Nectanebo II which was later drilled to be a ritual bath at the Attarin Mosque in Alexandria. The sarcophagus came to the British Museum as a gift of King George III who...
Egypt
Photo for Today: Sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibre
Black schist sarcophagus of princess Ankhnesneferibre,
26th Dynasty Thebes
The sarcophagus was reused in the Roman period by
a Roman priest who changed some of the names in the cartouches.
British Museum. EA 32.
26th Dynasty Thebes
The sarcophagus was reused in the Roman period by
a Roman priest who changed some of the names in the cartouches.
British Museum. EA 32.
- A Mummy Swtcheroo
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) Min, the ancient Egyptian god of phallus and fertility, might have brought some worldy advantages to his male worshippers, but offered little protection when it came to spiritual life. Researchers at the Mummy Project-Fatebenefratelli...
- Ancient And Modern Attitudes To Death
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/opinion/local_story_273195217.html A 2-page feature comparing the attitudes of the ancient Egyptians and the modern (presumably western) world to death, inspired by the exhibition Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian...
- 26th Dynasty Horus Priest Surfaces
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/702/eg7.htm WHILE laying the foundation stone of a new mosque in the Al-Basriya area of north-east Cairo's Ain Shams district,found a 26th dynasty tomb containing the skeleton of priest Ankh- Khonsu Deirt Hur, whose...
- Smuggling Ring Broken
...
- Interior Of The Sarcophagus Of Nectanebo Ii
This is the left side interior looking towards the foot of the sarcophagus of Nectanebo II which was later drilled to be a ritual bath at the Attarin Mosque in Alexandria. The sarcophagus came to the British Museum as a gift of King George III who...