On the coast of the Cyrenaica region in present-day Libya lies the ancient city of Ptolemais, founded by the Egyptian pharaohs of the Ptolemaic dynasty ... Among the most intriguing finds is a ...

He died at 19, possibly from an infection linked to a broken leg. In ancient Egypt, death masks helped a pharaoh’s soul recognize their body. Pharaohs’ masks were often crafted from gold ...

Ever since British archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of ancient Egyptian ... gold funerary mask may have been intended for someone else but the pharaoh's untimely death ...

It is a mask for a rich ancient Egyptian. This mask was put on top of a mummy's bandages to protect the head. This is a blue glazed shabti figure of a pharaoh called Sety I. A shabti is a little ...