The “Books of Breaths”, texts for the afterlife in ancient Egypt
The translation and study of a Papyrus which contains one of the many ancient Funerary texts has recently been published at the University of Chicago. On the 24th of May 1894, the Papyrus was entered at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago (FMNH). The...Read more
The bust of Nefertiti, the work that its creator hid
Few archaeological discoveries have caused as much interest as that of the poly-chrome bust of Nefertiti. Its exhibition for the first time in Berlin in 1924 made this queen of Egypt world-famous, of whose life there was hardly any data at that time. Main wife of...Read more
The Mortuary Temple of Seti I in Abydos (amazing photos)
Seti I, second pharaoh of the 19th dynasty and father of the great Ramses II, had his funerary temple built at Abydos, the most important cult center of Osiris, the god of the afterlife, in Egypt. The magnificent decorations that run through its walls still fascinate...Read more
The treasures of Osiris
Excavations in two submerged cities near Alexandria have uncovered ancient Egyptian treasures linked to the rites surrounding Osiris. Since 1996, the French archaeologist Franck Goddio and the European Institute of Underwater Archeology (IEASM) have been touring a...Read more