Cartonnage Mummy Masks. Mummy Cases, Coffins, and Sarcophagi. Human Mummies. Animal Mummies. Related Resources. Adams, Barbara. Egyptian Mummies. Aylesbury: Shire Publications, Ltd. Brewer, Douglas, and Emily Teeter. Egypt and the Egyptians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: Spencer, A. Death in Ancient Egypt. The mummies were loaded onto boats and transferred down the Nile from the dig site to Cairo. But when the long-dead kings and queens arrived in their country's new capital, they were denied entry.
Cairo's customs inspectors of the late 19th century found that the word "mummy" did not appear within any category of goods permitted for entry. But, as Hawass explained, they found a solution: The mummies were labeled "salted fish," and welcomed to Cairo. They were first taken to the Bulaq Museum, but later moved to the Egyptian Museum in They first went on public display in This time around, the royal mummies will be welcomed to their new home in the capital by their contemporary counterpart — or the closest figure in present day Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The once-thriving tourism industry is one of Egypt's primary sources of income, but it has suffered badly since the arrival of an uninvited guest last year. Clearly the parade was seen as a way to reinvigorate interest in Egypt as a destination as the global travel industry eyes a rebound. Many Egyptians, including in the government, wanted this event to look good.
The countdown starts now! Watch exclusive content of the mummies and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Salima Ikram: Part of it is, of course, all that horror movie business.
The idea of the supernatural, which is very linked with ancient Egypt, attracts a lot of attention. And children love going to mummy galleries because they think, "Oooh, it's really creepy. They might jump up and get us! Well, I think one reason is very basic: here we are, studying Tuthmosis III, reading his words on temple walls, and you can actually look at him!
You can see the man himself—his hair, his arms. It's quite amazing to look at the face of someone who lived so many thousands of years ago. It's quite thrilling. There's also a lot that we can learn from mummies about ancient disease, medical practices, technology, health, diet, as well as religious beliefs.
So we are filling in a huge amount of cultural and social history. Rameses V reigned for only five years during the 20th Dynasty c. He died in his early 30s, and a possible reason for his premature death is evident on his mummy, which is scarred on the face, neck, and chest by smallpox.
Courtesy University of Chicago Library. I think they were obsessed with life! They knew that the life they had on Earth was going to be of limited duration. Most Egyptians died by the time they were So they wanted to have a better afterlife.
What you see in the tombs is a really careful preparation for eternity, so that everyone would have a very good time. It varied depending on whether you were royal or nonroyal. If you were nonroyal, you would have all the best things available in the Egypt that you lived in, with none of the nastiness. And if you were poor, you could come back much wealthier. For kings, though, while they could enjoy all the best food and drink and entertainment, they also became one with the gods.
They would sail across the sky with the sun god, Re, fighting against the powers of evil and darkness, trying to make the world safe for mankind and making sure that Egypt continued on forever. In both royal and nonroyal tombs, you get a lot of everyday items—all kinds of furniture, beds, chairs.
There'd be jewelry, clothes, makeup, and lots and lots of food and wine and beer. KV 63 contained only a cache of materials used in the mummification process, perhaps connected with the funeral of Tutankhamun. KV 64 was perhaps the tomb of an 18th Dynasty princess but was subsequently re-used during the 22nd Dynasty. Gaps still remain in our knowledge.
Similar gaps exist for other periods of Egyptian history. Egyptology is fortunate in that so many of the tombs of the kings who ruled that part of the world for almost 3, years have survived, but we are perhaps equally fortunate that questions remain — and that there is still the possibility that further discoveries will be made. Born in Italy, by he had moved to England and joined a travelling circus in which he performed as a strongman.
In , he travelled to Egypt to show to Khedive Viceroy Muhammad Ali Pasha a hydraulic machine designed to enable irrigation. In , after many years of study, Champollion announced a system of decipherment which, in the years that followed, came to be generally accepted. Wilkinson went to Egypt in and stayed for 12 years, copying inscriptions, while also learning Arabic and Coptic to help him to understand the ancient texts.
Carter was appointed Chief Inspector of Antiquities in He discovered the tomb of Tuthmose IV in , then spent the next two decades working in the Theban Necropolis, mostly with the backing of the Earl of Carnarvon. In November , he uncovered the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun.
Sign in. Back to Main menu Virtual events Masterclasses. Histories of Egyptology commonly begin with Napoleon. In the steps of Imhotep Chris Naunton strides into the desert to find the architect and physician vilified by Hollywood The North Saqqara plateau was extensively excavated by Bryan Emery in the s and early s. What are Egyptologists looking for? Who are the most famous Egyptian archaeologists? Giovanni Battista Belzoni Born in Italy, by he had moved to England and joined a travelling circus in which he performed as a strongman.
John Gardner Wilkinson Wilkinson went to Egypt in and stayed for 12 years, copying inscriptions, while also learning Arabic and Coptic to help him to understand the ancient texts.
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