An exhibition at the Getty reveals the Egyptian Book of ... a statue of the god Anubis, the jackal-headed guide to the underworld; crocodiles on a Book of the Dead scroll known as the Millbank ...

For centuries, Egyptian royalty guarded the sacred rituals that guaranteed divine favor after death, but over time all Egyptians, both rich and poor, could possess its secrets. The Book of the ...

A torn 2,300-year-old mummy wrapping — covered with hieroglyphics from the ancient Egyptian Book of the ... with the image of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead, according to the statement.

the Coffin Texts and the Book of Coming Forth by Day offer a description of the Egyptian afterlife. We read that at death, the soul of the properly mummified dead was met by Anubis, the god of ...

According to the archaeologists, many of the newly discovered coffins are decorated with illustrations of Egyptian gods and excerpts from the "Book ... Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.

The Weighing of the Hearts, as seen in an illustration within a copy of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) An Egyptian archaeologist managed to uncover a ...

About 3,500 years ago, did the Egyptian woman named Webennesre feel comforted at all being accompanied in death by a papyrus now on display at the Getty Villa exhibition “The Egyptian Book of ...