Ancient Egyptians

A large red granite lid of sarcophagus. There are three images of people carved into the granite, standing up. The central figure is male and protrudes from the lid, facing the viewer. His arms are crossed across his chest and he wears a beard, headpiece, and crown of feathers and horns. The two women either side of him face him and have their hands on his waist. The lid is broken on the right, and the side and the feet have been filled in in white plaster.

Teaching Activities

Read an object: Ramesses III’s coffin

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Teaching Activities

Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

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A photograph of a small mummified cat, in brown wrappings, with little ears poking up.

Teaching Activities

Ask an Expert: Ancient Egypt and Greece

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A photograph of a small mummified cat, in brown wrappings, with little ears poking up.

Fact Sheets: Ancient Egypt

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A large red granite lid of sarcophagus. There are three images of people carved into the granite, standing up. The central figure is male and protrudes from the lid, facing the viewer. His arms are crossed across his chest and he wears a beard, headpiece, and crown of feathers and horns. The two women either side of him face him and have their hands on his waist. The lid is broken on the right, and the side and the feet have been filled in in white plaster.

Ramesses III

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Wepwawetemhat’s coffin fragment

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(Parts of the) Book of the Dead of Ramose Unknown maker, Egypt 1300 BCE

The Book of the Dead of Ramose

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inner section of Pakepu's coffin, a water pourer from Thebes, showing a scarab beetle

Scarab Beetle

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Mummy board from the coffin set of Nespawershefyt

The coffin set of Nespawershefyt

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Pakepu’s coffin set

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A school class learning in the ancient Egyptian galleries, in front of the large coffin lid of King Ramesses III

On site session

Ancient Egyptian People

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Teaching Activities

In the Tomb

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