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Ammit (/ ˈ æ m ɪ t /; Ancient Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt, "Devourer of the Dead"; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was an ancient Egyptian goddess [2] [clarification needed] with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head of a crocodile—the three largest "man-eating" animals known to ancient Egyptians.
The coffin of Nedjemankh is a gilded ancient Egyptian coffin from the late Ptolemaic Period.It once encased the mummy of Nedjemankh, a priest of the ram-god Heryshaf.The coffin was purchased by the New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art in July 2017 to be the centerpiece of an exhibition entitled "Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin."
The coffins were stacked on top of each other and upon opening, the mummies were found to be well preserved with their wrappings intact. [12] Mostafa Waziri, general secretary of Supreme Council of Antiquities, stated that the tomb is the largest cache found in a century, with previous noteworthy caches being DB320, KV35, and Bab el-Gasus. [13]
Believed to have ruled for approximately 12 years between 2300 and 2181 B.C., Teti was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Although Teti’s sarcophagus is 4,300 years old ...
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The earliest secure known examples of rishi coffins belong to the kings of the 17th Dynasty, and were found in the 19th century at Thebes (Luxor). The depicted person most often wears a nemes headdress, the body is covered with feathers, there is an inscription in the middle going from the top to the bottom and on the chest are shown a vulture ...
Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities. ... The 250 coffins, 150 bronze statues and other objects dated to the Late ...
KV55 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.It was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in 1907 while he was working in the Valley for Theodore M. Davis.It has long been speculated, as well as much disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous king, Akhenaten, who moved the capital to Akhetaten (modern-day Amarna).