The fascinating and elaborate death rituals of the Ancient Egyptians will be on show at Queensland Museum South Bank from 28 February until 21 May 2006.

Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: Keku's Story brings together a wealth of more than 200 rare Egyptian artefacts including hieroglyphs, mummified human and animal remains, amulets, spells, linen wrapping, papyrus funerary texts (including Books of the Dead), stunning jewellery and extravagantly decorated sarcophagi.

Central to this captivating exhibition is the magnificently adorned mummy and elaborately inscribed coffins of Keku, a wealthy Egyptian woman who lived in Thebes 2,700 years ago.