The Two Giant Sphinxes at the Lost ‘Temple of a Million Years
In January 2022, a team of Egyptian and German archeologists made a significant discovery while restoring the ancient Egyptian temple of King Amenhotep III. The temple, known as the “Temple of Millions of Years,” was a vast funerary temple built near the...Read more
How did ancient Egyptians bake bread?
An interesting experimental archeology project recreates the way in which the ancient Egyptians baked bread and has even recovered the possible recipe they used to make the dough. Do we know how the ancient Egyptians baked bread? The subject has long drawn the...Read more
‘Lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt
The famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass has announced the discovery of a great industrial and administrative city, the largest discovered to date in Egypt, on the west bank of Luxor. An Egyptian archaeological mission led by Egyptologist Zahi Hawass has made a sensational...Read more
Ancient Egyptian fetus preserved due to unusual decomposition process
Researchers from the Warsaw Mummy Project have studied the fetus of a woman’s mummy that is preserved in the collections of the National Museum in the Polish capital, and have discovered that due to the putrefaction process and after the mummification of this...Read more
The Bent Pyramid of Sneferu: A Change in Design?
The Bent Pyramid or the South Pyramid of Dahshur, it is a funerary monument built by order of King Sneferu in Dahshur, 40 kilometers south of Cairo, Egypt. Its particular shape is believed to be a failed attempt at a smooth-faced pyramid, the last phase in the...Read more
Sacred birds of ancient Egypt
In their pantheon, the ancient Egyptians reserved a privileged place for birds of prey, especially the falcon, but also the kite, whose sounds were considered the laments of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Carrion birds, such as the vulture, and migratory birds, such...Read more
The colossal statue of Ramesses II
The Statue of Ramesses II is a giant sculpture of 12 meters high carved in the New Kingdom of Egypt, during the reign of Ramses II, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Finding The colossus was discovered in 1820 by the Italian traveler Giovanni Battista...Read more
How Ancient Egyptians Invented Wine Labels
Obviously it was not the ancient Egyptians who invented wine. Archaeologists have located the beginnings of its elaboration in an extensive area south of the Caucasus, between present-day Georgia, Turkey, Armenia and Iran, between 8000 and 5000 BC. During the Bronze...Read more