Egyptian tombs
Ancient burial chambers
Egyptian tombs are burial structures built in ancient Egypt to house the dead and their possessions for the afterlife.
The term covers everything from simple pit graves to elaborate underground complexes and the famous pyramids.
Tombs contained mummified remains, grave goods, and wall decorations depicting the deceased's journey to the underworld: The archaeologists discovered an intact Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- baEgyptian soul concept
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- Giza PlateauEgyptian pyramid complex site
- canopic jarsFunerary viscera containers
painted walls · funerary rites · Valley of the Kings · afterlife · eternal rest · Osiris · stelae · Book of the Dead · Anubis · necropolis · pyramid · Old Kingdom · Nile · sand dunes · mask · scarab · treasure hunters · hidden chambers
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
- Mummy Moviesmummy, curse, ancient curse, bandages, tombs
- ancient burialsburial mound, tumulus, barrow, cairn, dolmen
- ancient muralsfresco, mural, wall painting, wall paintings, Pompeii
- Ancient MythsGreek mythology, Greek myths, Ariadne, Greek gods, labyrinth
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
Egyptian tombscremation
Burning the deceased
sky burial · unmarked graves · sea burial · dissolution · ash scattering