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The "intriguing new" rock engraving was found on the west bank of the Nile River near Aswan in November 2022, during a survey ...
The Egyptian Sleep Method refers to dampening a towel, wringing out the excess moisture and using that as your blanket ...
The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...
Before Egypt’s dynasties, rural rituals and astral burials shaped beliefs that later defined the divine and sacred order.
Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...
An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...
A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light ...
After thousands of years in the afterlife you might expect to stink like a moldy old scrotum, but as it turns out, ancient Egyptian mummies are still surprisingly easy on the nose.
However, the latest analysis, led by Xavier Landreau of France’s CEA Paleotechnic Institute, suggests that the Ancient Egyptians channelled nearby canals to power weight-bearing lifts. The study ...
As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands.