All Ancient Pages articles related to ancient Egypt in the sections of archaeology, history, civilizations, places, myths and legends, Biblical mysteries, ancient history facts, featured stories, ancient symbols and Vikings.
Egypt Archive
Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Egyptians were skilled astronomers, keenly observing the movements of celestial objects. These astronomers, often priests, had extensive knowledge of many heavenly
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Archaeoastronomy
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In Egyptian mythology, few plants hold as much significance as the blue lotus, a captivating water lily featured prominently in some of archaeology's
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A collaborative effort between Egyptian and American researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has led to the discovery of a royal tomb from the
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian-French archaeological mission from the Egyptian-French Centre for the Study of Karnak Temples (CFEETK) has made a significant discovery at the Karnak
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An Egyptian-British archaeological team has made a groundbreaking discovery by uncovering the long-lost tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, completing the list of royal tombs
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Imhotep, the ancient Egyptian genius, is often likened to a blend of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Newton. While his brilliance is undisputed,
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When we take a moment to reflect on the art of ancient civilizations, particularly the depictions of deities and pharaohs, an intriguing detail
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The enigmatic lives of many saints, including St. Christopher, captivate our curiosity and invite deeper exploration. As one of the most revered Christian
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new fascinating archaeological discovery has been made in Egypt. This time, a Franco-Swiss archaeological mission has unearthed an engraved and beautifully painted"
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Located 40 km southwest of Cairo, Saqqara is a significant cemetery of Memphis, an essential city in ancient Egyptian history. The name Saqqara
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Hidden from the outside world for thousands of years, the box was safely guarded by men who were keepers of sacred ancient wisdom.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists working at the Taposiris Magna temple complex, located west of Alexandria, have made noteworthy discoveries. The Egyptian Dominican archaeological mission, led by
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Do you believe in prophecies? The ancient Egyptians certainly did, as their sacred texts and hieroglyphs reveal. Take, for instance, the ancient Egyptian
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The cliffs of Athribis may conceal a former sanctuary, as suggested by recent archaeological findings. In the small Egyptian village near Sohag, approximately
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery in the necropolis of Asyut, Egypt, unearthing a magnificent burial chamber. This ancient grave belongs to Idy,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian-American archaeological mission has achieved a significant breakthrough in the South Asasif necropolis near Luxor. Image credit: South Asasif Conservation Project They
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Egyptian civilization, with its magnificence and power, has left us a legacy that continues to inspire awe and wonder. The Great
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Places
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Roman-era temple of Esna, located 60 kilometers south of Luxor in Egypt, is currently undergoing significant restoration as part of a collaborative
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Like many ancient civilizations, the ancient Egyptians were deeply fascinated with the night sky, actively studying planets, stars, the moon, and other celestial
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Egyptian temples were not only vibrant with color but also adorned with glistening gold. Since the beginning of the Pharaonic Period, columns, gates,
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In 1935, the Metropolitan Museum of New York conducted a significant archaeological expedition in Egypt. The team excavated the tomb of Senmut, a prominent
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian archaeological mission operating at Tel El-Deir in New Damietta, situated in the northeastern region of Egypt, has successfully excavated 63 Late
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The recent underwater archaeological discovery in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, has revealed significant historical artifacts. A joint French-Egyptian diving expedition uncovered
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Civilizations
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - The origin of ancient Egyptian civilization remains a subject of scholarly debate, with diverse perspectives on its ethnic and cultural roots. Whether ancient Egyptian
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPage.com - Ramesses II, the legendary Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1292–1190 B.C.), has long been recognized as one of the greatest and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient pyramids of Egypt, including the iconic Giza pyramid complex, were likely constructed along a now-buried branch of the River Nile. Recent research
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers from the Higashi Nippon International University, Tohoku University, and the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Egypt, undertook ground-penetrating
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A massive Old Kingdom mastaba featuring rare and beautiful paintings has been unearthed during an archaeological dig in the Dahshur necropolis, located about
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During an excavation in Egypt's Minya Governorate, archaeologists discovered a massive statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II, who reigned during the 19th Dynasty of
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Places
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The tomb of Neferhotep, a renowned scribe of Amun from the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Pharaoh Ay (1327-1323 BC), was finally
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A group of academic researchers from the University of Würzburg dedicated five years to examining "magical" texts from ancient Egypt. Their efforts have culminated
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Saqqara necropolis in Egypt has revealed more of its ancient secrets. A remarkable 4,000-year-old tomb has been unearthed by the joint archaeological
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Rock-hewn Ptolemaic and Roman tombs with intriguing golden masks, mummies, coffins, and terracotta statues have been unearthed in the historic city of Al Bahnasa
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Many reports from antiquity about outbreaks of plague mention Egypt as the source of pestilences that reached the Mediterranean. But was this really
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Thousands of previously ignored small coins discovered in Marea, a city near Alexandria, have been examined by numismatists from the Faculty of Archaeology of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - This year, an archaeology expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts of the UK excavated shaft tombs from
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Historians and archaeologists have, over centuries, explored the mysteries behind the Great Sphinx of Giza: What did it originally look like? What was
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - As many as 25,000 statues of ancient Egyptian deities and Ushabti figurines crafted from faience have been revealed to the public for the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, various deities were portrayed as animals. Thoth, the god of learning and wisdom was represented by a hamadryas baboon. Baboons,
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Featured Stories
AncientPages.com - How much can the written records of ancient civilizations tell us about the animals they lived alongside? Published in Environmental Archaeology, Our latest research, based on the venomous
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During the ongoing restoration works of Esna Temple in Luxor , the Egyptian-German archaeologists additionally uncovered more original reliefs and engravings on the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Um Al-Qaab archaeological site in Abydos in Sohag Governorate, Egypt, have discovered hundreds of 5,000-year-old well-preserved wine jars and grave
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