ancient Egypt

The remains of a 3,500-year-old ancient Egyptian royal fortified rest area, or retreat, in other words, have been discovered by an Egyptian team at the Tel Habwa archaeological site in the Northern Sinai Archaeological Area. The royal retreat, made of...

Some mysteries are likely never to be solved, indeed some are not meant to be. One of the most 'popular' mysteries known to us comes in the form of a coincidence, pertaining to the latitude of the ancient Egyptian...

An astrophysicist with the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, has shed light on how the ancient Egyptians viewed our galaxy - the Milky Way - thousands of years ago. A new study...

The so-called Sea Peoples are one of the greatest mysteries to emerge from the late Bronze Age collapse between 1200 and 900 BC. They are documented as attacking ancient Egypt and other parts of the Mediterranean. The origin of the...

Colorful paintings of everyday life in ancient Egypt have been discovered in a mastaba tomb dating back more than 4,300 years. These were identified in the pyramid necropolis of Dahshur around 25 miles south of Cairo during a recent...

Hieroglyphs, meaning "sacred carvings (or words)" in Greek, were in use in ancient Egypt for around four thousand years from 3,200 BC to 394 AD, which is the date that the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom was carved. It was the...

Cleopatra VII Philopator is one of the most famous figures of antiquity, but few people are familiar with the fascinating history of her ancestors. The Ptolemaic Dynasty, to which she belonged, was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of the...

Have you ever wondered how ancient civilizations moved water uphill without modern technology? The answer lies in a simple yet very smart device called the Archimedes screw. Named after the brilliant Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes, who lived in the...

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is the largest pyramid in the entire world. It is clearly one of the most impressive structures that mankind has ever made. This being the case, it is worth asking who was...

Egypt is famous for its pyramids, particularly the Great Pyramid of Giza, the last surviving wonder of the ancient world. However, the exact number of pyramids that dot the lands of the north African country is still a hotly debated...