The stone “calendar” of Nabta Playa, the Stonehenge of Egypt
In this place of the Nubian desert there are remains of some ancient structures that some researchers consider an antecedent of the Egyptian civilization. Among them is a small circle of stones that apparently served as an astronomical calendar to mark the summer...Read more
The secrets of KV5, the largest tomb ever found in Egypt
Although researchers had known of the site’s existence for over a century, it took a long time for them to realize what they had discovered. Although many think that the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is the most important ever found in Ancient Egypt, a discovery...Read more
This is the oldest dress in the world
The Tarkhan Dress, It is around 5,000 years old and was made in ancient Egypt between 3482 and 3102 BC. It was found in 1913 in a cemetery located 50 kilometers from Cairo. The Tarkhan dress, a V-neck linen shirt on display at London’s Petrie Museum of Egyptian...Read more
Thonis-Heracleion, a ship graveyard
More than 60 ships and 700 types of anchors have been located on the seabed of the ancient Egyptian city of Thonis, which emerged from the waters in 2000. In 2000, and after two years of searching, a Franco-Egyptian team of underwater archaeologists, led by the...Read more