Success in the afterlife required an aptitude for arcane ... In a new study published in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Willems detailed how a team of researchers under his direction ...

Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza ... The ancient Egyptians believed this allowed the person to use their senses in the afterlife. Then, the mummies were placed in a coffin ...

“You want to be living your best afterlife.” Not every ancient Egyptian was mummified, but the restricted practice apparently was common among the upper middle class and those of high ...

Many of these spells could then also be used in the afterlife, the Egyptians believed ... a curator of the Egyptian and Nubian collection at the Netherland's National Museum of Antiquities ...

The story of Ancient Egypt is the story of the Nile. The river’s floods, cycles, and central location allowed a great ...

“But there was no actual Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead.’ The Egyptians never had books! They instead were writing a series of funerary spells on papyrus scrolls that focused on providing them knowledge ...

The Valley of the Kings and other bucket-list Egyptian destinations offer a glimpse into millennia-old majesty and artistry ...

Werner Forman/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesMarkings on the floor of a coffin showing the “two ways” of the ancient Egyptian afterlife referred to in the Book of Two Ways.

With a King Tut coffin and hieroglyphic mural designs, Black Earth Magical Cafe is like being inside a pharaoh’s home — or ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ... and illustrations depicting “the journey of the deceased in the afterlife.” The coffin inside the coffin was then sealed into a chamber ...