There was also a cavern; its god, we are told, was “Feller of fish.” The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Getty Villa Museum, through Jan. 29, 2024.

While Osiris is often considered the Egyptian god of the underworld or god of the dead, experts told Live Science it's not that simple. It would be a mistake to call Osiris a god of death, Andrea ...

On Nov. 1, the Getty Villa Museum opened its new show “The Egyptian Book of the Dead,” drawing on its collection of manuscripts and objects from the ancient civilization. Despite viewing audiences’ ...

In this drawing, he mimicked the outline drawing technique of ancient Egypt in order to capture the jackals he found on tomb decorations in Cairo. These animals are associated with the afterlife in ...

How God of War Could Adapt Egyptian Gate Deities to the Duat . Much like past God of War games that tend to favor gods and goddesses as antagonists or bosses, should the next game take inspiration ...

How and when the Book of the Dead first came to be compiled is a mystery. The earliest known example appeared on the sarcophagus of the 13th-dynasty queen Mentuhotep (1633-1552 B.C.). Between the ...

An exhibition at the Getty reveals the Egyptian Book of the Dead, long relegated to a dark vault, in the light of day. A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B ...

The Egyptian pantheon is full of interesting characters that would be perfect for the next God of War.If it gets the same treatment as the Norse series, this could lead to multiple games set in Egypt.

When it was made: Around 1473 B.C. This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman named Hatnefer. But the charm, which was intended to ...

Osiris was then mummified by the jackal-headed god Anubis and went to rule the underworld. The resurrected king of the dead was thought to give life to everything from below, especially through ...