What did Cleopatra really look like?
The burning question historians keep trying to answer. For a historical figure as well-known as Cleopatra, it’s odd that we really have no sense of what she looked like. The muse for so many artists, poets and writers over the centuries, the true visage of the...Read more
The beautiful mummy
The mummies can be beautiful. This is the case of the one found in Saqqara, 60 kilometers southwest of Cairo, and which has been enthusiastically described by Egyptian archaeologists who have found it as the most beautiful mummy ever discovered in Egypt. The mummy is...Read more
The tomb of the treasurer and royal scribe of Ramses II
An archaeological team from the University of Cairo has unearthed in the Saqqara necropolis, located about twenty kilometers from the Egyptian capital, the tomb of a high-ranking official named Ptah-M-Wia. The entrance to this tomb was discovered in 1850, but it has...Read more
What does an Egyptian mummy smell like?
Scented mummies The culture of Ancient Egypt closely coexisted with the idea of life and death. The same floods of the Nile that could sometimes be deadly due to the violence with which its waters flooded fields and roads also brought a renewed life. Pliny the...Read more
Ramses II, the legendary pharaoh who had over 100 children
Ramses II is one of the most celebrated and remembered pharaohs of ancient Egypt. There are thousands of legends about his exploits, and he is also one of the most popular because there are many relics and mementos of his 66 years in power, from 1279 BC until 1213 BC....Read more
Treasures of Ancient Egypt
These ancient artefacts are now some of the most valuable in the world, and have helped us piece together the puzzle of Egypt. Tutankhamun’s death mask 1922 When Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the almost intact tomb of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun,...Read more
Dogs in Ancient Egypt
Numerous works of art and hieroglyphics reveal how dogs participated in the daily and sacred life of the ancient Egyptians. Evidence abounds from grave paintings, artwork and writings reflecting how people, at all levels of society, protected and loved dogs,...Read more
Ancient Egyptian Magic Spells for Romance
A team of researchers from the University of Chicago is in the process of translating an 1,800-year-old Egyptian papyrus, which they’ve identified as a distinct “love spell”. Within the text, a woman named Taromeway endeavors to magically allure a...Read more