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Meet 25 of the Ancient Egyptians’ Most Significant Gods and Goddesses, From the Falcon-Headed Horus to the Sky Deity Hathor
"Divine Egypt," a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features nearly 250 artifacts representing the rich ...
A sweeping new geoarchaeological study has revealed how Egypt’s famed Karnak Temple complex rose from an island amid Nile ...
Archaeologists identified the tomb owners by reading titles carved on walls and lintels. The names are Amun-em-Ipet from the ...
A new theory, increasingly breaking through the rigid frameworks of traditional narratives, invites us to rethink the role of the pyramids in Egypt’s history.
A team led by the Shanghai Museum will embark on a joint archaeological research project with Egypt in October at the Sekhmet Temple ruins, a complex on the west bank of the Nile River. The temple is ...
The history and culture of ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in the West, where the wonders of the great pyramids, the mysterious sphinxes and the tombs of the pharaohs fired the ...
After a turbulent summer, Egyptian students are heading back to school. How do teachers incorporate rapidly unfolding history into a curriculum? Officials tell state media they are in the process of ...
On 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated during a military parade in Cairo. The day also marked Austria-Hungary’s 1908 annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the outbreak of the 1973 Yom ...
In an effort to attract more international tourists, the Egyptian Tourism Authority announced the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) overlooking the Pyramids of Giza. The museum is one of a ...
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