Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian burial chamber featuring two "intricately painted" wooden coffins, among other finds. A joint Egyptian–German mission discovered the tomb during ...

Using advanced scanning technology, the archaeologists were able to reconstruct damaged hieroglyphs on a canopic chest. It turned out that the tomb belonged to none other than Princess Hatshepsut ...

In central Egypt, archaeologists uncovered one of these elaborate scenes: a 3,500-year-old New Kingdom cemetery filled with mummies, amulets, statues, canopic jars, and a 43-foot-long papyrus ...

The show is full of visual stunners. The mummy case of Taosiris and the canopic chest of Dibastet exemplify the remarkable range of color and elegant imagery that gave birth to 20th-century ...

This is the Falcon Canopic Jar, and it belongs on the pedestal at the foot of the sarcophagus to the left. Don't forget to pick up the Tomb Journal at the foot of the sarcophagus.

A nearly 3,000-year-old canopic jar is discovered in an Egyptian tomb. Hidden for nearly 3,000 years, a beautifully preserved canopic jar is discovered in Egypt. These sacred vessels, adorned with ...

From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Canopic jar lid, limestone, c. 380-342 BC. Lids of canopic jars represented the four Sons of Horus. The human head ...