The afterlife as portrayed in the Book of the Dead is one of elaborate and baroque intensity, as full of trials and grotesqueries as an average day in 1550 B.C. must have been—which is about the ...

Hence “the Hebrew psalmist drew a picture of divine protection from the sheltering wings of the Egyptian Sun-god” (p. 376), and “the Egyptian Sun-god . . . was therefore among the influences ...

Even those who know little of ancient Egypt’s mysteries have heard of the infamous Book of the Dead.And now, researchers have found a similar text that not only predates that one, but may also ...

Gold and serpentinite rockWhere it is from: Thebes (modern-day Luxor), EgyptWhen it was made: Around 1473 B.C.Related: Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield ...

Fox and Sullivan emphasize that the Victorian view of mummies was often steeped in misconceptions. “For example, in mummy movies, including Brendan Fraser’s The Mummy, there’s always a focus on the ...

Fox and Sullivan emphasize that the Victorian view of mummies was often steeped in misconceptions. “For example, in mummy movies, including Brendan Fraser’s ‘The Mummy,’ there’s always a focus on the ...