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Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt. Penguin. p. 93. ISBN 0140262520. David, Rosalie (10 May 2012). Journey through the Afterlife. Elsevier. p. 20. "Mummies: Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt". Bowers Museum. The History Place. British Museum. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Hornung, Erik (1999).
A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast) of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the corpse. Death masks may be mementos of the dead or be used for creation of portraits. The main purpose of the death mask from the Middle Ages until the 19th century was to serve as a model for ...
Mask of Tutankhamun; Type: Death mask: Material: Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, obsidian, turquoise, and glass paste [1] Size: 54 × 39.3 × 49 cm (21.3 x 15.5 x 19.3 in) Created: c. 1323 BC: Discovered: 28 October 1925 AD [2] Discovered by: Howard Carter (archaeologist) Place: Tomb of Tutankhamun at the Valley of the Kings: Present location ...
The following is a list of burials in the Valley of the Kings, in Thebes (modern Luxor, Egypt) and nearby areas. The numbering system was established by John Gardner Wilkinson in 1821. Wilkinson numbered the 21 tombs known to him (some of which had been open since antiquity) according to their location, starting at the entrance to the valley ...
Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos who lived during the Ptolemaic era. He was probably a priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. Manetho wrote the Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt) which is of great interest to Egyptologists and used as evidence for the chronology of the reigns of pharaohs. Masaharta: High Priest of Amun: 21st dynasty
"Abydos: Life and Death at the Dawn of Egyptian Civilization." National Geographic Apr. 2005: 106–21. Print. Garstang, John. Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt. 1st. Great Britain: Kegan Paul Limited, 2002. 16–17. Print. Grinsell, Leslie V. Barrow, Pyramid and Tomb: Ancient burial customs in Egypt, the Mediterranean and the British Isles. 1st.
He was 55–65 years old at the time of his death. [12] Imhotep: Vizier: Unknown 18th: Male 1903–1905 — Irtyersenu: c.600BC 26th Female Before 1825 — Irtyersenu, also known as "Dr Granville's mummy" or "the Granville mummy" was an ancient Egyptian woman who died aged around 50 and was buried in Thebes.
Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian funerary practices" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .