Pharaohs Archive
Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Different people have different religions. Each religion has its symbols and characteristic signs. Egyptian Ankh. Image credit: Nachbarnebenan - Public Domain Just as
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Paleontology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study reports the discovery of hundreds of mummified bees inside their cocoons. These cocoons, produced almost 3,000 years ago, were discovered
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd– AncientPages.com – It’s difficult to say where we can find traces of the world’s oldest civilization because many ancient underwater ruins still await our discovery. There
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Magnificent ancient Egyptian tombs covered with mysterious hieroglyphs telling incredible stories of the Pharaohs and the rise and fall of great dynasties captivate
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - To archaeologists, Luxor is a dream. To tourists, it’s a wonderful place offering the best glimpses into the ancient Egyptian world one can
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Egyptian mythology, the god Shu was the god of air and of sunlight and represented a life-giving breath. In this function, he
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - After spending extensive time scanning the desert of Sahara an archaeologist announced he has found a new site where a large structure is
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - What kind of beer did the Pharaohs drink? In ancient times, beer was an important ingredient in people's daily diet. Great powers were
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - How could so many pharaohs and ancient gods have two left hands or two right hands? Do these baffling depictions have a symbolic meaning
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Sooner or later every great leader must prove his competency to remain in power. In ancient Egypt, there was a test for pharaohs. Being
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Earlier prevailing pharaohs did not need to defend themselves against their people, but Ramesses III had no choice. A 3,000-year-old papyrus reveals how a
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As a daughter of Egyptian queen Nefertiti and Akhenaten, one of the most famous rulers in the Land of Pharaohs, one would expect
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Queen Merneith is one of the most disputed individuals in the history of ancient Egypt. She was buried along with 118 servants who followed
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Egyptian Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Known for her astronomical knowledge, Lady of the Stars, goddess Seshat played a vital role in the construction of sacred Egyptian buildings. She assisted
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - What secret messages and information could have been written thousands of years ago on scraps of ancient Egyptian papyrus? Hieroglyphics found on the walls of the tombs
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Impressive ancient walls belonging to a fortress located on Egypt's Canal of the Pharaohs, in Tell el-Maskhuta, has been unearthed by a team of Italian archaeologists working
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When ancient Greek historian Herodotus (484–c. 425 BC) visited Egypt, he was shocked to see how women behaved. Unlike women in ancient Greece, Egyptian
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Using a combination of a Biblical text and an ancient Egyptian text, scientists have been able to pinpoint the date when the world’s
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, pharaohs were considered to be both divine deities as well as mortal rulers, but natural disasters and climate change could
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mongolian messengers had to travel 48 kilometers (30 mi) a day and being in a possession of a "magic" badge (see left image) they
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - King Sargon of Babylon, who ruled about 3800 B.C. established a regular postal service for his official letters which could reach recipients even
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Egyptians viewed their civilization as a legacy coming directly from divine beings who existed in Egypt thousands of years before the pharaonic
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - There is no other place on Earth like Egypt’s Giza Plateau. Anyone with even a slight interest in history and civilization is aware of this fact. For
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to an ancient Egyptian legend, the Valley of the Kings was protected by a goddess called Meretseger. The goddess took the form of a
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, pharaohs were considered to be both divine deities as well as mortal rulers. The ancient Egyptian empire lasted for thousands
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - For many who worked hard, life in ancient times was often difficult and unfair. Low wages and injustice was common place. The first labor strike in recorded
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