The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient Egyptian name Abedju. The size of the 3,600-year-old limestone tomb chamber (shown from below and above) suggests that it was likely ...

Ancient Egyptians ... important people, like nobles and government officials, were buried when they died. Mummification was a complex ritual that took 70 days. Priests dried out the body of ...

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But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

Larger-than-life scenes carved on each of its exterior walls offered ancient ... Priests oversaw the construction of new temples and cult centers dedicated to major deities of the Egyptian ...

alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive tomb of an unnamed pharaoh at the ancient necropolis of Anubis Mountain in Abydos. Officials said the 3,600 ...

A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists ... Amid the discoveries, however, was the House of Life, an ancient scientific institution that served as a learning school in ancient Egypt. Priests ...