At the end of the era of pharaohs, ancient Egyptians held onto their religious beliefs and commitment to the Gods. Through rituals and burials, the Egyptians honored traditions followed for thousands ...

For thousands of years, six ancient Egyptian coffins have been sealed to the outside world, their contents unknown. Now, scientists have used technology to peer inside the coffins, which are now ...

Scientists at the British Museum in London have used cutting-edge technology to see inside six ancient Egyptian animal coffins that have remained sealed for over two millennia. The study, which was ...

Nut’s cosmological vignette on the outer coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet in the collection of Odessa Archaeological Museum (© Odessa Archaeological Museum, photo by Mykola Tarasenko) The sky has been a ...

In a thrilling discovery for Egyptologists and ancient history buffs, the contents of six ancient animal sarcophagi have been examined, all without a single scientists opening a coffin lid, thanks to ...

A coffin that was used to bury an Egyptian child named Paneferneb between about 1295 and 1186 B.C.E., which has been in the hands of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston since 1985, has been returned to a ...

Researchers have used neutron tomography, a non-invasive imaging technique, to study six sealed animal coffins from ancient Egypt. The study was published in Scientific Reports. As previously reported ...

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Ancient Egyptian coffin dating to 650 BC restored after 26 years. Coffin's history in the UK is unclear; once used as a storage box. Set to be displayed at Swansea University's Egypt Center. An ...

The contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins — which were imaged using a non-invasive technique — are described in a study published in Scientific Reports. The mummification of animals ...