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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."
In a new study, a group of researchers with the British Museum took a look inside ancient Egyptian copper alloy coffins that had been sealed for thousands of years. Their research, published in ...
The decree helped to protect monuments and curb the smuggling of ancient Egyptian artifacts. [126] The Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities (officially called the "Antiquities Authority") is the Egyptian government organization which serves to protect and preserve the heritage and ancient history of Egypt. It was established in 1858.
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 ...
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This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of New Mexico, in the United States
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 ...
He began excavations and a total of six mummified bodies were removed from shallow sand graves at Baḥr Bila Mâ (Waterless River) located at the eastern slopes of the north-most hill at Gebelein. [2] [4] The only grave goods were a pot found with the female adult body and partial remains of wicker, fur and linen with the other bodies. [5]