Wadi Al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales), the desert where the whales swam
Wadi Al-Hitan or Valley of the Whales is a region of the Governorate of Faiyum, in the western desert of Egypt that contains important fossil remains of the suborder Archaeocetos (the ancestors of modern cetaceans). It was included in the list of “World...Read more
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
The town of the pyramids workers and their necropolis
The whims of fate and luck play a significant role in spectacular archaeological findings, and they nearly always go hand in hand. Mark Lehner, an American Egyptologist, and his colleagues uncovered what seemed to be a town of laborers southeast of the Giza pyramids...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
Tutankhamun’s treasure, the king’s life in the hereafter
The grave goods that Howard Carter found in 1922 in the famous tomb of the Valley of the Kings contained everything necessary to guarantee Pharaoh a peaceful and safe life in the Hereafter. We would never have dreamed of something like this: a room – it looked...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
The bust of Nefertiti, the work that its creator hid
Few archaeological discoveries have caused as much interest as that of the poly-chrome bust of Nefertiti. Its exhibition for the first time in Berlin in 1924 made this queen of Egypt world-famous, of whose life there was hardly any data at that time. Main wife of...Read more