The culture of ancient Egypt.

I wish my education had taken another turn and allowed me to be a Digger for Ancient and Pre-Historic finds……

You may wonder about the reasons for digging up mummies when they should be left to rest in peace.

“I looked in the mirror and what did I see…”
What does one see when one looks in a mirror? Is it merely as the song says “…A nine stone weakling with knobbly knees…” Or is there more to be seen in a mirror than one’s own reflection?
Mirrors have a certain mystique about them, which gives rise to beliefs, magic, myths, legends and superstitions.
Amongst many things they have been seen as a “tool of the devil”, a “catcher” of the soul, a harbinger of things to come, a portal to another dimension and a source of bad luck.
But what are these beliefs myths and superstitions and where do they come from?

Information on the Rosetta Stone, Egypt’s physical features, and religion.

For almost 130 years, the 3000 year old mummified remains of a man, his face contorted into an agonising scream, has perplexed scientists and Egyptologists alike. Does modern science now have the answers about this tormented soul?

This article gives a short history of embalming and a brief out line of how the process is carried out.

The Egyptian people believed that when they die, their spirits would still go on as long as they are mummified. Learn more about mummies, tombs, pyramids, Egyptian gods and the afterlife.