Egyptian history

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canopic jars

History; Egyptian history

A set of jars which contained some of the internal organs removed from the deceased during mummification. Some examples include sets of four jars with different stoppers which protected specific ...

book of the dead

History; Egyptian history

A collection of spells that were sometimes provided for the deceased in the form of a papyrus roll from the New Kingdom onward. The spells were supposed to assist the deceased to safely reach the ...

These were small temples, attached to the main temples of the Late and Greco-Roman Periods. These small temples are where the god associated with the main temple were said to have been born, or if ...

blue crown

History; Egyptian history

Beginning in the 18th Dynasty, pharaohs sometimes wore a crown with the appearance of a flanged helmet of cloth covered with golden discs.

benben stone

History; Egyptian history

A scared stone at Heliopolis that was believed to be connected with the primeval mound that emerged from the waters of chaos and where the Sun's first rays fell. The concept of the obelisks evolved ...