Which became quite a thing for the Ancient Egyptians, as King Tut’s remains would demonstrate. The Egyptian god Anubis was a protector of graves and an embalmer. KV 14 tomb of Tausert and ...

Most American pottery was made by coiling, which may be related to ancient basketmaking methods. In this technique, a coil is rolled and shaped into a base, and the walls are built up from there. The ...

The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...

The finds—which include sculptures, ceramics and coins—provide new ... the temple was dedicated to Osiris—a deity in the ancient Egyptian pantheon associated with the afterlife, death ...

Egyptian officials announced on Tuesday that an ancient tomb has been discovered, marking the first Egyptian royal tomb uncovered in over 100 years, the country's Ministry of Tourism and ...

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In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines ...

Ancient Egypt controlled parts of Sudan at times and Tombos was established as an Egyptian colony. Tombos is located at the third cataract of the Nile River in Sudan. In ancient times, this area ...