Exhibition Highlights

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© The Trustees of the British MuseumSerpentine shabti of Amenhotep II, 18th Dynasty, Valley of the Kings, Tomb 35, Egypt
© The Trustees of the British Museum © The Trustees of the British MuseumFunerary papyrus, Third Intermediate Period, Egypt
© The Trustees of the British Museum © The Trustees of the British MuseumPainted wooden figure of Osiris, 20th Dynasty, Upper Egypt, painted wood
© The Trustees of the British Museum Lid of the anthropoid wooden coffin of Besenmut, Priest of Montu at Thebes, 26th Dynasty, Thebes, painted wood
© The Trustees of the British Museum © The Trustees of the British MuseumLid of the anthropoid wooden coffin of Besenmut, Priest of Montu at Thebes, 26th Dynasty, Thebes, painted wood (detail)
© The Trustees of the British Museum © The Trustees of the British MuseumThe Greenfield Papyrus, Book of the Dead of Nestanebtasheru; sheet 63, 21st – 22nd Dynasty, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
© The Trustees of the British Museum © The Trustees of the British MuseumGold foil pendant amulet of Maat, 26th Dynasty, Egypt
© The Trustees of the British Museum © The Trustees of the British MuseumCartonnage mummy-mask, 1st century BCE - 1st century CE, Egypt
© The Trustees of the British Museum

Secrets of the Afterlife features over 100 objects, from tiny amulets to intricate coffins carrying carved or painted texts and spells for the dead, as well as jewellery, models and sculpture which reflect the quest for eternal life, as well as the rituals and obstacles that might be faced in pursuit of the perfect afterlife.

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