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A major anniversary makes this the perfect time to discover Egypt's ancient treasures for yourself.
Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.
After the Great Pyramids of Giza were finished, the next pharaoh was interred in an unusual and distant structure.
Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray asked people to not learn history on WhatsApp, and questioned whether people came to learn of Sambhaji Maharaj’s sacrifice because of a movie.
It comes just weeks after another major Egyptian discovery, which marked only the second royal tomb found since King Tutankhamun's over 100 years ago. In February, archaeologists uncovered King ...
The discovery of the tomb 23 feet underground at the ancient necropolis of Anubis Mountain was announced by University of Pennsylvania Museum and Egyptian archaeologists. It marked the second ...
The burial chamber for the unnamed ruler was found in January in a sacred city where little is known about its ancient royalty.
The show will also highlight “significant new archaeological discoveries from the large tombs at Saqqara near Cairo. The exhibition illustrates the legendary life of the Egyptian pharaoh ...
"Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs, once thought to be the final resting place of the most elite, may have also included low-status high-labor staff," archaeologists wrote in a paper ...
Possibly Egypt’s strangest-looking pyramid, the Djoser Pyramid is located in Saqqara in the ancient capital of Memphis. Djoser (2650-2575 BC) was the first pharaoh to use stone in a pyramid’s ...
Experts believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of ...
"Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures" opened at Amherst at Deerpark on March 21 and will run through Jan. 4. The exhibition showcases true-to-life, expertly crafted artifact replicas of King ...