King tutankhamun statue

Upper part of the third and innermost anthropoid coffin which contained the mummy of King Tutankhamun. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.

The innermost coffin of Tutankhamun is considered one of the most iconic and well-preserved artifacts discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Portable Shrine of AnubisAnubis, protector of the gates to the Underworld, seated atop a chest, found in the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Anubis or Anpu was the god of embalming and the dead. Since...

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This week’s Mythic Monday features Anubis, one of the best-known gods of ancient Egyptian mythology. Famously depicted in ancient Egyptian art as a crouching jackal or dog, or as a man with a jackal’s head, Anubis served as the god of mummification, the ancient Egyptian technique of embalming the dead.

Statue of the Golden Pharaoh throwing a Harpoon, featured in the Tutankhamun London exhibition.

Golden Figurine of Menkheret Carrying Tutankhamun