The solar alignment that occurs twice a year in the temple of Abu Simbel
Three millennia ago, Egypt was at the height of its empire. After the war campaigns of Senusret III and a […]
The lifelike statue of Kaaper the scribe is the oldest life-size wooden statue from Ancient Egypt
In 1860, Auguste Mariette unearthed an exceptional sculpture while excavating a mastaba in the Saqqara necropolis, north of the Step
The scientific explanation of the “curse” of Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun’s ‘curse’ ensured that anyone who desecrated the tomb would pay the consequences. This was taken as truth for decades
The discovery of a mural dedicated to Egyptian goddesses, buried under thick layers of bird poop
Forty-six representations of ancient Egyptian goddesses were found in a mural completely covered in bird dung in an ancient temple.
Turin King List
The Turin King List is a papyrus with texts in hieratic script, kept in the Egyptian Museum of Turin, to
The Statue of Djoser
By happy coincidence, the earliest surviving example of a life-size royal sculpture is of the first great pharaoh of the
The fascinating story of the Papyrus of Ani, one of the most spectacular scrolls of the Book of the Dead
The Papyrus of Ani is one of the best-known versions of the Book of the Dead. It is believed that
What was a pharaoh’s coronation like?
From mortal to a God One of the most important moments in Ancient Egyptian society was the Pharaoh’s Coronation ceremony,
The ships of the pharaohs
Papyrus boats, rowing and transport ships, sacred boats… during the Pharaonic era, various boats sailed the Nile and even the
What an ancient Egyptian tomb smells like?
The intact tomb of the architect Kha and his wife Merit in Deir El-Medina was discovered in 1906. Today, all