The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

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The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they ...

It seems plausible that the beginning of the settlement of the children of Israel in the eastern Nile Delta—dated to ...

in which a priest touched different parts of the mummy with a special instrument. The ancient Egyptians believed this allowed the person to use their senses in the afterlife. Then, the mummies ...

priests, and government officials. Household objects include clay pots and tools for hunting or farming but also reveal that life was not merely a matter of survival for ancient Egyptians.

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The ancient Greek roots of the cross symbol, its significance in cosmology, religion, and philosophy, long before ...

Priests oversaw the construction of new temples ... It is unclear what astronomical significance, if any, the Arrows had in ancient Egypt. An image of a weapon-wielding war god representing ...

“As I stood amongst the towering pyramids holding a lapis lazuli, a stone sacred to the ancient Egyptians, I saw myself as an elderly high priestess at the temple of Dendera, on the west bank of ...