Ancient Egyptian Jewelry
Ancient Egyptian treasures from the Worcester Art Museum. The Worcester, Massachusetts Art Museum has among its many masterpieces, a collection of ancient Egyptian jewelry and artefacts that for the most part, haven’t been displayed in almost a century. The material...Read more
Perfume, the secret passion of the ancient Egyptians
In ancient Egypt, sophisticated perfumes were used for personal care and in religious and funeral rituals. “When you prosper and found your family, love your wife very much, feed her, dress her, anoint her body with ointments …”. This recommendation that a...Read more
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