Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza ... Then, the mummies were placed in a coffin and the coffin was put in a special room in the pyramid called the burial chamber.

Several excavation works have been carried out in Egypt over the years to ... testing the mummified remains of an ancient cadaver. The 2,500-year-old coffin was acquired by the university about ...

A beautifully decorated coffin and burial chamber loaded with goods have started to unveil the story of an ancient Egyptian ... Sohag University in Egypt, Kanazawa University in Japan, and the ...

a late period Egyptian coffin with a gilded mask. Now, to bring it to the surface, they use a pulley known as a "tambora," a technology that dates back to Ancient Egypt A Rare Look at Tucker Cars ...

Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from his tomb suggest he took ...

An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient Egypt’s earliest pharaohs. However, the ruler’s identity remains a mystery—as do many ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

A wooden coffin, depicting the dead person ... to this mysterious culture that had absorbed the ancient traditions of pharaonic Egypt. Construction of the south and west cemeteries begins ...

Pharaoh A ruler in Ancient Egypt. Sarcophagus A large decorative stone coffin in which a dead body was placed in ancient times. Sarcophagi is the plural term. Artefact A used item from the past ...