Visitors can glimpse at ancient Egypt’s cultural treasures while curators prepare for the full opening. Antiquities available for viewing include a 36-foot-high, 83-ton statue of the pharaoh Ramses II ...

The trove includes not just the 13 gold tongues, but a mummy with golden fingernails; and heart scarabs, amulets, funerary pottery, canopic jars ... fingernail covers. (Egyptian Ministry of ...

2,000 year old mummies have been unearthed as more than a dozen found with rare tongues made from golden amulets.

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

The necropolis of Saqqara, an Egyptian archaeological gem ... in funeral rites. She watched over the canopic jars, which contained the organs of the dead, and assisted in resurrection in the afterlife ...

Archaeologists have just uncovered the first known funeral home from ancient Egypt. The complex included a mummification ...

An artefact gives us a little window into another timeand this one helps us travel back nearly 5000 years to the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt ... stored in special jars calledcanopic jars ...

Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ...

Artefact A used item from the past that has survived a long time. Canopic jars A covered jar used in ancient Egyptian burials to hold organs. Step back in time and embark on an exciting adventure ...

(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook) And, his face adorned with gold leaf, a man – possibly Wen Nefer himself, although it will take translation of the canopic jars to determine – ...