The stele was discovered during the three-year-long restoration efforts of a gateway from the time of Ramesses III in Karnak.
The sarcophagi inhabitants’ actual names are unknown, but these “chantresses of Amun” served a god whose cult ran strong even when Egypt was in turmoil.
A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be.
Think you’ll forget it? Write it down. Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over ...
New scans reveal a hidden structure beneath an Egyptian city, uncovering buried walls and possible ancient religious remains.
Restoration of Ramesses III’s gate at Karnak and a newly found Roman-era stela reveal centuries of rebuilding at Egypt’s temple complex.
Archaeologists uncover a massive 5th-century Christian monastery in Egypt, revealing monks’ daily life, Coptic art, and a forgotten religious hub buried for centuries.
An Italian-Egyptian archaeological team working in the western Nile Delta has identified an ancient industrial complex at a ...
A personal top five of 2021 archaeology discoveries highlights the Dead Sea Scroll fragments from the Cave of Horror, the pregnant Egyptian mummy studied by the Warsaw Mummy Project, the DNA of a ...
The research team dates the discovery to Egypt’s Reunification Period, between 2040 and 1700 B.C., suggesting that ...
While preparing a papyrus for the museum’s upcoming “Made in Ancient Egypt” exhibit, conservators noticed a thick white pigment lining the body of a jackal illustrated in one of the scenes. Ancient ...
"This everyday content gives us a direct insight into the lives of the people of Athribis." ...