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What does Tutankhamun’s death mask represent?
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What does Tutankhamun’s death mask represent?

The Mask of Tutankhamun is a funerary mask made of gold and precious stones. It is considered the most recognized piece of Egyptian art. The ancient Egyptians were characterized by making different objects for funeral rites, such as the same mummies, death masks,...Read more
Where is Cleopatra’s tomb?
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Where is Cleopatra’s tomb?

The resting place of the last queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, has long perplexed archaeologists. Despite the immense fame of the legendary queen of ancient Egypt, immortalized for millennia as a captivating beauty, her tomb remains one of the great unsolved mysteries in...Read more
Amenhotep I was mummified with his brain
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Amenhotep I was mummified with his brain

The mummy of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep I (who reigned between 1525 and 1504 BC) was buried twice. The first, when he died. The second, in the Twenty-first Dynasty (from 1070 to 945 BC), when the priests buried him in Deir el-Bahari. From that moment, 3,000...Read more
Ay and Horemheb
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Ay and Horemheb

The mysterious death of Tutankhamun All the events surrounding the death of Tutankhamun are the subject of controversy and debate, as they are still not very clear, and over the last decades many theories have emerged, without any of them having been 100% proven. I...Read more
Ramses III against the Sea Peoples
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Ramses III against the Sea Peoples

Usermaatre Meryamun, better known as Ramses III (1184 – 1153 BC), was the second and most important king of the Twentieth Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC). The particularities of his extensive reign, the significance of his military victories against the so-called...Read more
Ramses II: His reign in 7 keys
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Ramses II: His reign in 7 keys

On the death of his father, Seti I, after fifteen years of reign, Ramesses ascended the throne. The third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt rose to power. From that coronation ceremony, Ramses II would become a distant and sacred figure for his...Read more