The Egyptian Book of the Dead: What It Actually Was
In the New Kingdom you could walk into a workshop and buy a Book of the Dead ready-made. The scribe had already written the…
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Mummies & Tombs
Discover mummification, burial rituals, and the archaeological discoveries hidden beneath the desert.
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The Valley of the Kings: Why Egypt Abandoned Pyramids for Hidden Tombs
In 2022, a British-Egyptian team working in the desert wadis west of Luxor found a staircase and a blocked doorway. The assumption was that…
Ancient Egyptian Mummification: How the 70-Day Process Worked
Introduction Imagine you’re an embalmer in Egypt three thousand years ago. A body has just been delivered to your workshop on the west bank…