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Birth and Death,Cult and Gods,Pharaos and Officials,Pyramids and Temples,Daily Life.



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Outer coffin for the priest Ken-Hor, surrounded by funerary accessories. Painted wood (around 750 BCE), 3rd Intermediate Period, Egypt. Inv. 8487
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Outer coffin for the priest Ken-Hor, surrounded by funerary a...

Three Osiris-figures.The mummified penis of the defunct was kept in a small opening in the base. Sometimes the opening was used to store a papyrus role with the Book of the Dead. Right: Ba, the soul-bird. - Painted wood (around 600 BCE), Egypt. - Inv. 843, 9666, 910, 20668
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Three Osiris-figures.The mummified penis of the defunct was kept in a small open...

Detail from the inner coffin of priest Pai-es-Tenef. The Ba soul-bird hovers above the defunct in order to revive him for afterlife. - Painted wood (about 600 BCE), Late Period, Egypt. Inv. 53
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Detail from the inner coffin of priest Pai-es-Tenef. The Ba soul-bird hovers...

Canopic jars for the embalmed intestines of the defunct The jars bear the following inscriptions: Hapi Amset, Dua-mutef, and Kebehsenuf; the last contains the intes- tines of Itj, engraver in the temple of Anubis. Egypt. Limestone (600 BCE) - Inv. 7186, 7185, 7187, 7184
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Canopic jars for the embalmed intestines of the defunct The jars bear the follow...

Coffin of Anch-Hor, prince and keeper of the seal of the Pharaoh. Granite (550-300 BCE), Late Period, Egypt. Inv. 41
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Coffin of Anch-Hor, prince and keeper of the seal of th...

Book of the Dead with 125 chapters, judgement in the Otherworld. The defunct, the Lady Nefer-is, is led into the courtroom: her heart is weighed against the truth; she sacrifices to the Gods Osiris, Isis, and Nephtys. Papyrus (350 BCE), Late Period, Egypt - Inv. 10477
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Book of the Dead with 125 chapters, judgement in the Otherworld. The defunct,...

Shroud, the defunct between Osiris and Anubis. Theme of the painting is the "transmutation into Osiris". Painting on linen (around 180 BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Inv. 11 651
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Shroud, the defunct between Osiris and Anubis. Theme of the painting is the "...

Mummy-labels which served to identify the defunct and the mummy-coffin. Wood Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE), Egypt
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Mummy-labels which served to identify the defunct and the mumm...

Mummy of Hathor-Tsen-usire, daughter of Pete-Hor-pe-Re and of the house-wife Tsen-Miu. (Around 100 BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Inv. 837
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Mummy of Hathor-Tsen-usire, daughter of Pete-Hor-pe-...

Accessories for a mummy: head tablet, for the magic protection of the head; a collar with falcons. Cardboard and linen, painted (around 100 BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Inv. 17 336, 16 806.
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Accessories for a mummy: head tablet, for the magic protection of the head;...

Accessories for mummies: the Goddess Nut, Goddess of Heaven, who protects the defunct and admits them to heaven as stars; a winged scarab. Cardboard and linen (about 100 BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt - Inv. 16 807, 16 808
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Accessories for mummies: the Goddess Nut, Goddess of Heaven, who protects the...

Female funeral mask, showing the dead woman rising slowly before Osiris; her eyes are opening, she is resurrected. Painted stucco (around 50 CE), Egypt. Inv. 11 650, 24 176
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Female funeral mask, showing the dead woman rising slowly before Osi...