ARTEFACTS
Funerary Chest of Irthorru
The Funerary Chest of Irthorru tells us where the canopic jars of the pharaoh or a member of the pharaoh’s family were placed after their death, and how stones or wooden chests were designed.
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Coffin of Cleopatra
The Coffin of Cleopatra tells us that Cleopatra was an important part of Egypt as she was the last of the Ptolemies to rule Egypt.
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Gebelein Man
The Gebelein Man tells us how the dead were buried in the Predynastic period (4400 – 3100 BC) the time before the pharaohs. The dead were buried in the desert in the shallow graves, this was the land where they had died and where they would be reborn.
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