EditorialA painted portrait on a mummy, part of an Egyptology exhibition. at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England on Feb. 13, 2023. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)
EditorialA painted portrait on a mummy, part of an Egyptology exhibition. at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England on Feb. 13, 2023. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)
EditorialMummy bandage inscribed with a falcon, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21, ca. 1000?945 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F, 1923?24, Linen, L. 10 ? W. 8 cm (3 15/16 ? 3 1/8 in.), Henettawy's unembalmed bod...
EditorialCase for an animal mummy topped by a falcon, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.); W. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); L. 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.), The falcon god Horus stands with his wings swept back. He has a...
EditorialBead Shroud of Tabakenkhonsu, Late Period, Kushite, Dynasty 25, ca. 680?670 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Hathor Shrine, pit in hypostyle hall, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1894?95, Faience, H. 114 x...
EditorialBroad Collar with Falcon-Head Terminals, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Gold sheet, maximum h. 19.5 (7 11/16 in); maximum w. 32 ...
EditorialEgyptian Art. Mummy mask. Roman Period. 60?70 A.C. Middle Egypt. Probably, it comes from Meir (Mir). Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States..
EditorialTed Bear prop, Arnold Schwarzeneggers Predator costume and Team America model Hummer among surprise auction hits fetching up to 22 times estimated prices
EditorialYahya al-Hazzazi, left, helps his cousin, Yaser, with his mummy costume at Boulevard Riyadh City, a massive entertainment complex in the Saudi capital, Oct. 27, 2022. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialAnubis cares for mummy in front of a sepuchral pyramid. Book of the Dead by Chensumose, a priest of Amun-Re. Papyrus. 21st Dynasty (1080-960 BCE), 3rd Intermediate Period, Egypt.
EditorialTwo ichneumons surmounting a shrine-shaped box for an animal mummy, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); W. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); D. 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.), The ichneumon is a rodent, similar to a m...
Editorial'Amduat' Papyrus of Henettawy, daughter of Isetemkheb, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 990?970 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb, Chamber B, Burial of Henettawy C (4), 1923?24, Papyrus, ink, L. 139 cm (54 3/4 in); w....