What do mummies wear

Accession Number: Timelines Egypt, B. Visiting The Met? Browse the Collection. Mummy Bandage from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache ca. New Kingdom. Public Domain. Open Access. Group photograph showing Davis, Accession Number: Excavated by Theodore M. Davis in the Valley of the Kings KV 54 , Received by Davis in the division of finds. Given by Davis to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hayes, William C. Cambridge, Mass. Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh.

Mummification helped someone reach the afterlife as they believed that an afterlife could only exist if there was a form the ka soul could repossess after death. Egyptians believed that the only way to do this was if the body was recognisable. This is why they spent so long on the process of mummification and why Pharoahs began the building of their tombs during their lifetimes. Anubis Mask. More about Artifacts: Shabtis. Grave Goods.

Canopic Jars. Cartonnage Mummy Masks. Mummy Cases, Coffins, and Sarcophagi. Human Mummies. Animal Mummies. Related Resources. Adams, Barbara. Egyptian Mummies.