The earliest known uses of the Archimedes screw were for irrigation in ancient Egypt. There are also suggestions by experts that it was also possibly used for dewatering ships in ancient Greece. The ...

The papyrus or papyrus It is the writing surface manufactured by the ancient Egyptians by the stem of these aquatic ...

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and ... Wilson describes how its association with health, water, food offerings, and even the Nile River itself speaks ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the last known inscription written in the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, inscribed on Hadrian’s Gate in AD 394, Philae, Egypt. Credit: Following Hadrian. CC BY 2.0/flickr ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt ... ancient architects likely raised the stones from the pyramid center in a volcano fashion using the sediment-free water from ...

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 settlement offers groundbreaking insights into Egypt’s most famous pharaoh ... they came across an ancient water system and possibly the ancient chamber of wisdom.

In a world obsessed with newness, there’s something deeply comforting—and powerful—about turning to ancient skincare secrets ...

The settlement offers groundbreaking insights into Egypt’s most famous pharaoh ... they came across an ancient water system and possibly the ancient chamber of wisdom.

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 ...

Grimmer Construction, of Highland, is replacing ancient cast iron four-inch water mains with PVC pipe. The project includes 3,800 feet of eight-inch diameter pipe and 5,100 feet of six-inch pipe.