Sydney to Host Largest Tutankhamun Exhibition to Ever Leave Egypt
In what the City of Sydney describes as a coup, the Australian Museum is soon to host a unique exhibition – that of the famous boy-king Tutankhamun, or King Tut. Named the Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, the display comes to Sydney in 2021 and runs for six...Read more
Sunken Cities : Egypt’s Lost Worlds (Interesting Photos)
Egypt or the land of the pharaohs, as it’s commonly known, is famous for its golden treasures, its bandaged mummies and its huge pyramids. It is a country that has experienced an unbelievably high number of historical events since the prehistoric times. In 2018,...Read more
Egypt Opens Gorgeous Ancient Egyptian Tomb from the Old Kingdom for the First Time
For the first time since its discovery in 1939, the Egyptian Government allowed the public to visit a 4000-year old tomb; the tomb belonged to Ancient Egyptian vizier Mehu who was related to the first pharaoh of the 6th dynasty. It is located at the Saqqara necropolis...Read more
Facts You May Not Have Known About Queen Nefertiti The Great Royal Wife
As great Egyptian queen, Nefertiti lived between 1370-1330 BC. She is famously known to have been an amazing royal wife of the then pharaoh Akhenaten, and later became ruler in her own right. For many people, there a number of things you never knew about this...Read more
What is the Rosetta Stone and why is it important?
Rosetta stone Discovery In July 1799 A.D. and by good chance, one of the French troops under the command of the officer Bouchard found a stone of black basalt known as Rosetta stone bearing an inscription in Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek writing. This stone was...Read more
Do Not Disturb Their Rest: The Curse of the Pharaohs
The mysterious deaths following the discovery of King Tutankhamun‘s tomb, along with the sensationalism of the time, created a legend that still persists today. There have even been rumors on social media about the so-called “Curse of the Pharaohs,”...Read more
Inside the Giza pyramid complex
The Great Sphinx is the huge monolithic statue of a human-headed lion that was carved into a single mass of limestone bedrock on the western bank of the Nile during the third millennium BC. The Sphinx faces directly east and its stonework features once included a...Read more
A Day in the life of the pyramid builders in Ancient Egypt
“The grave of the pyramid builders was discovered by a tourist in 1990”. Workers with specialist skills lived nearby, while migrant labourers worked month long shifts. 06:00 am The craftsman (stone carver) lives with family in a typical Egyptian house within a...Read more