Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Amulet inlay: figure of Anubis Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Inlay of mummy figure with human head Freer Gallery of Art and ...
The amulets placed on and inside the body indicated ... while his body was wreathed with ferns. According to the ancient Egyptians' ritual Book of The Dead, the deceased had to wear white sandals ...
Because this mummy has not been disturbed, it provides a unique insight into how embalmers would carefully place the amulets on the body to protect the dead, she said. "Ancient Egyptians believed ...