The garden of a large ancient house in Pompeii was home to stunning paintings depicting the Nile river flowing among green lush landscapes. These artworks could shed light on the way the Romans viewed the ancient Egyptian culture, and how… Continue Reading
A funerary garden dating back nearly 4,000 years has been unearthed in Luxor, on the west bank of the Nile river. It would have been part of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes would have stood, and may shed light… Continue Reading
Egypt’s administrative prosecution body has referred 12 former antiquities ministry employees to trial for allegedly allowing members of a German archaeological expedition to steal samples from the Giza Pyramids in 2013. According to a statement from the prosecution body, the… Continue Reading
A 2,000-year-old pet cemetery has been discovered near a trash heap at the archaeological site of Berenike, a remote Roman port town on the Red Sea. The remains of dogs, monkeys, and cats have been unearthed. Some of the carcasses… Continue Reading
Five artifacts seized by federal agents have been handed over to Egyptian officials in a ceremony at the Egyptian embassy in Washington D.C. by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a report from ABC news objects, including a child’s… Continue Reading
A cemetery and residential area dating to around the time of Egypt’s First Dynasty (late fourth millennium B.C.) has been discovered in Abydos, according to a report in Egypt Independent. Both are thought to have been used by senior officials… Continue Reading
A scan in the 1990s showed that a nearly ten-foot-long crocodile mummy housed at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden since 1828 contains the remains of two juvenile crocodiles, who were preserved nose-to-tail in the wrappings. BBC News reports… Continue Reading
The New York Times Book Review ran Bruce Boucher’s review of Egyptomania by Ronald Fritze earlier this month. The book surveys the fascination — oftimes shallow and misguided — with the ancient land of Khem dating back to Classical Greek… Continue Reading
The Guardian reports that a mummy has been discovered in a tomb near Luxor by a team of Spanish archaeologists led by Myriam Seco Alvarez. According to Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities, the tomb is thought to date to between 1075… Continue Reading
Archaeologists have summed up the 10-year study of an unusual cemetery, which was founded in the times of unrest in Egypt – the so-called Third Intermediate Period, when the power in Egypt was taken over by the kings who came… Continue Reading