This finding therefore exhibits great significance and constitutes material evidence of the historical ties between ancient Egypt, Jordan, and the Arabian Peninsula in general, she explained – ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

II. IT has often been maintained that the Aton-cult instituted by Ōkhnatōn (Amenōphis IV.) displays non-Egyptian features and is in a large measure the product of foreign influences. I hope ...

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

Research has shown that the statues were originally located in a room next to the step pyramid of Djoser, but in later periods of the history of Ancient Egypt they were moved to the tomb of ...

The false door would have served as a symbolic gateway between the world of the living and the dead in ancient Egyptian belief. The excavation also revealed a statue of King Djoser, a Pharaoh from ...

Though lesser-known beyond Egypt's borders, this 5,000-year-old ... Sham El-Nessim traces its origins to Shemu, an ancient Egyptian harvest festival celebrating the life-giving Nile flood and ...

Ancient Egyptian literary compositions were generally copied on papyrus paper, and this has generally not survived the damp and fire of history (survival). The scale of destruction is revealed starkly ...

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Originating in the Horn of Africa and first cultivated in the Arabian Peninsula, coffee has been providing the world with ...