Egypt
Vol. 60 / No. 3
By: Salima Ikram and Paul Nicholson
Sacred Animal Cults in Egypt: Excavating the Catacombs of Anubis at Saqqara
A recent excavation at Saqqara, Egypt, is exposing an ancient bustling economy associated with pilgrims and animal cults. Catacombs dedicated […]
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By: Christina Griffith
Dogs and Cats and Birds, Oh My!: The Penn Museum's Egyptian Animal Mummies
While most visitors to the Museum are drawn to the mummified people from Ancient Egypt, humans are not alone in […]
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By: Jane Hickman
Statue of a Cat: Favorite Object
Cats in Ancient Egypt were kept as pets and as sacred animals dedicated to Bastet, the goddess of fertility and […]
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By: Paul Verhelst
Stone that Flows: Researching Ancient Egyptian Faience and Glass
Of all the materials used to craft objects in ancient Egypt, nothing catches the eye quite like Egyptian faience (thnt […]
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Vol. 59 / No. 1
Exploring Sunken Cities of Egypt: Book News + Reviews
Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds By Franck Goddio and Auréliea Masson-Berghoff, eds. (New York, Thames & Hudson, 2016) 272 pages, […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 3
By: Charlotte Rose
Childbirth Magic: Deciphering Bed Figurines from Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians welcomed childbirth with ritual, using medico-magical spells, amulets, and various other objects to help ensure the survival of […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 2
By: Paul Mitchell
Tangled Afterlives: How an Egyptian Papyrus Became the Mormon Book of Abraham
After 2,000 years of repose, 11 mummified human corpses and a few scrolls of papyrus entombed at Thebes became entangled […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Kate Murphy and Cynthia Susalla
Secrets of Ancient Magic: The Power of Spells, Curses, & Omens
In ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, practitioners of magic exploited symbolic words, images, and rituals to achieve desired outcomes […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
Stewarding Collections in Times of Change: In the Galleries
The current academic year has seen the launch of an exciting period of renovations and updates for the Penn Museum […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Joshua Aaron Roberson
A Season in Hell (with Apologies to Arthur Rimbaud): The Annihilation of the Damned in Ancient Egypt
“I will tear the veils from every mystery: mysteries of religion or of nature, death, birth, the future, the past, […]
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