Shabti, the ancient Egyptian funerary figurines that were supposed to work for the deceased in their afterlife, have revealed the identity of a pharaoh in an unnamed sarcophagus. Pharaoh Shoshenq III ...

Ancient Egypt. King Tutankhamun. This video gives an understanding of the life and death of King Tutankhamun for KS2 pupils.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist ...

Shabtis are mummified statues that are found in Ancient Egyptian tombs. They represented the dead and their servants. In the past the Egyptians killed and buried servants with their master so they ...

It isn't out of the ordinary for archaeologists to find ancient relics stashed away with their owners inside Egyptian tombs. The culture was based around the afterlife, with every person desperate to ...

You know - a shabti is the small figurine buried with the dead in ancient Egypt, which came to life and became an eternal servant? Pharoahs were buried with boxes of them, to be brought to life by a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Shabti, the ancient Egyptian funerary figurines that were supposed to work for the deceased in their afterlife, have revealed the identity of a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist ...