Ramses II: His reign in 7 keys
On the death of his father, Seti I, after fifteen years of reign, Ramesses ascended the throne. The third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt rose to power. From that coronation ceremony, Ramses II would become a distant and sacred figure for his...Read more
Khufu: Builder of the Great Pyramid
Egypt, 2589 BC. Here we find ourselves at the beginning of the reign of Khufu (2589–2566 BC), the second pharaoh of the IV dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian Kingdom, whose full name was Khnum-khufu, meaning: “The god Khnum protects me.” Khnum was the local...Read more
Antony and Cleopatra, the interview of Tarsus
Determined to organize the entire East, Mark Antony summoned Cleopatra for an interview in Tarsus, southern Turkey. Instead of presenting herself as a subject, the queen of Egypt knew how to conquer the Roman with her beauty and fabulous splendor. After the defeat of...Read more
Psamtik I and the reunification of ancient Egypt
The Late Period of ancient Egypt The Late Period, is a period in the History of Ancient Egypt that spans about three hundred years, between 664 and 332 BC, and which was initiated by Psamtik I. In the ancient investigations of the Egyptology, the Egyptian history of...Read more
The find that reveals that mummification was known 1,000 years earlier than previously thought
Khuwy, one of the oldest mummies ever found in the world, has made Egyptologists rethink when these sophisticated burial techniques actually began to be carried out. The find of Khuwy, one of the oldest mummies ever found in the world, has caused Egyptologists to...Read more
Fashion in Ancient Egypt
“Tell me how you dress and I will tell you who you are” is a universal phrase that can be applied to any civilization in any spatial and temporal context, and the ancient Egyptians are no exception: the clothes they wore were a symbol of their social...Read more
The mystery of the millions of mummified ibis in ancient Egypt
In Egypt, archaeologists have unearthed millions of ibis mummies over the years, which were buried in special catacombs designed to house the mummified bodies of these beautiful birds. Most have been found, for example, in Tuna el-Gebel, in Middle Egypt, where four...Read more
Scientists Reconstruct the Face of an Egyptian Boy from Over 2,000 Years Ago
Scientists from Austria and Germany have successfully reconstructed the face of an Egyptian boy who lived during Greco-Roman times and died between 50 BC and 100 AD. The researchers used a CT scan of the boy’s body and a “mummy portrait,” an image of...Read more