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Mummy portrait of Lady Aline, from Hawara, Egypt, c. 24 CE. Neues Museum, Berlin. The Tomb of Aline is an ancient Egyptian grave from the time of Roman emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE), excavated at Hawara in 1892. The portrait is painted...

Women in ancient Egypt had more rights than in any other ancient culture and were valued with greater respect. This is evident not only in the physical evidence and inscriptions but in their religion. Some of the most powerful and important...

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) is currently hosting the North American premiere of the exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives. Visitors can meet six mummies who lived in ancient Egypt from...

Canopic Jars Of Djedbastetiuefankh. Dynasty, about 380-343 BCE. Hawara, Egypt Limestone. Once removed from the chest and abdomen, the organs were embalmed separately and placed in canopic jars. There were usually four organ bundles, each...

This is virtually complete and intact gilded cartonnage head from an Egyptian mummy case; The face was depicted formally and was painted at top and sides with Egyptian deity figures. From Hawara, Egypt. Ptolemaic, 332-330 BCE. The Petrie...

Canopic jars of Djedbastetiuefankh, 30th Dynasty, c. 380–343 BCE, Hawara, Egypt, limestone, EA 22374, EA 22375, EA 22376, and EA 22377.