French soldiers, tasked with fortifying a small outpost, unearthed a large slab of black granite—what would later be known as ...
The Egyptian tour leader, Reda Labib, was a knowledgeable expert on Egyptian history, hieroglyphics and culture ... the outer ...
A depiction of the unification of ancient Egypt? Or a powerful piece of propaganda for an early pharaoh? Here’s what we know ...
With a population over 15 million, Baladi dogs are everywhere—and often mistreated or killed. But that’s starting to change.
After a wait of more than two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum has welcomed visitors into 12 of its galleries – Tamara ...
In ancient Egypt, cats were revered as near-royalty, embodying grace, cunning, and pest control. Beyond practical uses, they ...
"The Egyptian people deposited the golden tongues on the tongue to restore vital functions to the dead and also so that the body remained intact in the afterlife. For the Egyptian ...
A collaboration between an Egyptologist and data scientists at Brown aims to make the Pyramid Texts, the world’s oldest ...
Experts believe these ornate tongues were intended to allow the dead to speak with the god of the underworld, Osiris. Gold nails, however, are rarely found in Egyptian archaeological digs.
Archaeologists have uncovered several ancient Egyptian tombs containing dozens ... of the deceased to communicate with Osiris—the god of the underworld—and to help them cross into the afterlife.
duncan1890 / Getty Images Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient ... Thoth was the god of writing and ...
and the hieroglyphic language foundation Herolcix, the exhibition showcases a collection of artifacts related to perfumes. These artifacts have been selected from the collections of the Egyptian ...