Tomb of the two brothers, Khnum-Nakht and Nekht-Ankh
The Two Brothers are the oldest mummies in the Manchester Museum and one of the best known in its entire Ancient Egyptian collection. The remains belong to Nakht-Ankh and Khnum-Nakht, two men of high status, who were buried together at Deir Rifeh, a town south of...Read more
What is the story behind “The Mummy of the Screaming Woman”?
The so-called “mummy of the screaming woman” was discovered in 1881 in the so-called Deir el-Bahari cache (DB320), along with other royal mummies from the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties. The analyzes carried out on the body revealed that a severe...Read more
The ‘False Doors’ of Ancient Egyptian Tombs
A “false door” is, as its name suggests, an imitation of a door typically found in ancient Egyptian mortuary temples and tombs. These doors serve as a conduit between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Deities or the deceased could interact...Read more
A monumental family tomb with thirty mummies
An Italian-Egyptian team has discovered in the ancient necropolis surrounding the Mausoleum of the Aga Khan, in the city of Aswan, an impressive tomb from the Greco-Roman period carved into the rock under a cult building. A team of archaeologists from the University...Read more