All photos by Brenna Reistad. All italicized information are statements copied directly from exhibit materials on display at Virginia...

Goblet Egyptian (New Kingdom, Dynasties 18-20) ca. 1550-1080 BC Core-formed glass, 59.29.1 This goblet and jug are the earliest examples...

Coffin of Tjeby Coffin and Mummy of Tjeby Egyptian ca. 2051-2030 BC Painted wood with linen-wrapped mummy 53.30.1 This coffin, like many...

Broad Collar Egyptian ca. 2030 - 1640 B.C. Faience 2017.447 Statuette of a Woman Egyptian 664 – 525 BC Fine-grained diabase (dolerite)...

Cast of Battle Relief of Sethy 1 at Karnak Egyptian 20th century Plaster cast L.5.52.58 More about this relief may be found here:...

Funerary items from the VMFA

All Photos by Brenna Reistad Mummied Crocodile Site Name Thebes From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this...

All photos by Brenna Reistad Braided Human Hair Hair Extensions 1994 - 1781 BC Both men and women commonly shaved their heads and wore...

Amulets were tucked into the mummy's wraps—they are believed to ward off evil and bring good luck. Each type was positioned according to...

All photos by Brenna Reistad Egyptian Mummy and Coffin Egyptian Mummy and Coffin 150 BC - 50 AD and Cox mummy Within these wrappings is...

For more than 3,000 years, ancient Egyptians embalmed, preserved and entombed their dead with materials they would need for life in the...

All photos by Brenna Reistad Multiple Candomble Items Multiple Candomble Items Brass Afro-Brazilian, Candomble Practitioner South America...

All photos by Brenna Reistad Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

My photos of some of the jewelry from the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

Henry, is one of the first things you see upon entering the museum. He is a 11-ton, 13 -foot-tall African Bush Elephant. who has been on...

A few years ago I got to meet two good online friends of mine in person. We met up in Washington D.C. as one was sight seeing. We only...

“1850 United States Federal Census: Year: 1850; Census Place: Militia District 436, Rabun, Georgia; Roll: 81; Page: 332b.” Ancestory.com...

James, the baby brother of the three boys, died during the Battle of Fredericksburg. ​ His burial is shrouded in mystery, as the only...

I now had 3 names of interest to search for. Three people with the same last name are typically family, but that is not something that...

James L. Coffee’s grave marker.Photo by Mike Bogoslawski via Findagrave While visiting the cemetery for the first time, something seemed...