It's a very simple machine that can move large amounts of water. It works like a simple crane. The invention of the shaduf was very important in the story of Ancient Egypt. It helped people to ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

The pyramids of Egypt are such an architectural ... was built beneath a watershed, so the ancient Egyptians may have had access to a significant water supply. Near the pyramid, there is a massive ...

This story - based on fact - follows Hussein, a young water ... Where is Egypt? - Pupils to use a base map of Egypt and atlases (pitched at the correct level) to plot key parts of Ancient Egypt ...

Designed by the Greek inventor Heron, this coin-operated holy water dispenser was used in Egyptian temples to dispense water for ritual washings. Worshippers would place a coin into the machine and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 2,600-year-old pot containing gold jewellery and statuettes of a family of ancient gods. The treasure trove was discovered at the Karnak temple complex ...

We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient ... water coming out of the fountains. To some degree, they could clean that water up. Or they could divert it to industrial uses ...

There's just one problem, according to Liam McEvoy: The blue lotus used in ancient Egypt and the water lily advertised online are completely different plants. McEvoy, a fourth-year UC Berkeley ...