This is How the Egyptians Dragged Stone Blocks from the Quarries
An archaeological team has discovered the method used by the ancient Egyptians to move stone blocks from the alabaster quarries at Hatnub during the reign of Khufu. A French and British archaeological mission, led jointly by Yannis Gourdon and Roland Enmarch, from the...Read more
Deir el-Medina (Valley of the Artisans)
Deir el-Medina (Convent of the City) is an Egyptian town founded by Thutmose I, pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. At the entrance of the Valley of the Queens and near the Valley of the Kings, are the remains of what was the most prosperous settlement of workers and...Read more
Contraceptive methods of the ancient Egyptians
Although having children was the primary duty of Egyptian women, and offspring were a source of family happiness, some surviving medical papyri contain recipes and methods to prevent conception, which are undoubtedly extravagant and picturesque in today’s eyes....Read more
The “Books of Breaths”, texts for the afterlife in ancient Egypt
The translation and study of a Papyrus which contains one of the many ancient Funerary texts has recently been published at the University of Chicago. On the 24th of May 1894, the Papyrus was entered at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago (FMNH). The...Read more