- Ancient Egypt
- 03 Nov 2016
Egyptians integrated communities thousands of years ago in Nile River Valley area
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — New bioarchaeological evidence shows that Nubians and Egyptians integrated into a community, and even married, in ancient Sudan, according to new research from a Purdue University anthropologist. “There are not many archaeological sites that date to this time period, so we have not known what people were doing or what happened […]
- Ancient Egypt
- 26 Oct 2016
3000-year-old female mummy was covered in hidden tattoos
Covered in more than 30 tattoos of flowers, animals, and sacred symbols, this 3,000-year-old mummy is one of the most unusual that archaeologist Anne Austin has ever seen. Though other mummies have been found with abstract markings like dots tattooed on their skin, no one had ever seen figurative drawings like these. Austin and her colleagues […]
- Ancient Egypt
- 17 Oct 2016
Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds
Vanished beneath the waters of the Mediterranean, the lost cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus lay at the mouth of the Nile. Named after the Greek hero Heracles, Thonis-Heracleion was one of Egypt’s most important commercial centres for trade with the Mediterranean world and, with Canopus, was a major centre for the worship of the Egyptian […]
- Ancient Egypt
- 04 Oct 2016
7 Amazing Archaeological Discoveries from Egypt
From the boy-king’s glitzy tomb to the Rosetta stone, which was written by a council of priests, to the pyramids at Giza, to papyri holding gospels and magical spells, Egypt holds a vast and mysterious trove of history with interesting stories to tell. Archaeologists continue to discover these ancient sites and artifacts. Live Science takes […]
- Ancient Egypt
- 27 Sep 2016
What we can learn from Mummies
As silent witnesses to the past, ancient Egyptian mummies can add to our knowledge of their society well beyond what we can learn from the study of texts, art and funerary rituals. In a study led by Macquarie University, researchers have successfully identified proteins present in skin samples from 4200-year-old mummies with evidence of inflammation […]
- Ancient Egypt
- 20 Sep 2016
Who Was Sattjeni? Tomb Reveals Secrets About Ancient Egyptian Elite
Two eyes painted on a newly discovered Egyptian coffin seem to stare out from across millennia, conveying the secrets of the ancient Egyptian elite. The coffin, discovered this year in the necropolis at Qubbet el-Hawa across the Nile River from Aswan, belonged to an important local woman, Sattjeni, daughter of one governor, wife of another […]
- Archeological Treasures
- 15 Jul 2016
Tutankhamun: The Man and the Mystery
- Ancient Egypt
- 15 Jul 2016
The Ancient Mythology of the Nile
- Luxor Travels News
- 15 Jul 2016
- Luxor Travels News
- 15 Jul 2016