So how did the ancient Egyptians celebrate the new year? And how was it different from our celebrations today? The New Year's festival — known as Wepet Renpet, or "the opening of the year ...

Every year ancient Egyptians eagerly anticipated the coming ... Egypt held one of its most spectacular and most mysterious festivals: the Feast of Opet. Opet was celebrated in the city of Thebes ...

The tombs of three prominent statesmen from the New Kingdom era (1539 to 1077 BCE) have been uncovered in Luxor, according to ...

Barrett was not involved in the new study. “Inebriation played an important ritual role in some ancient Egyptian festivals, especially festivals associated with the flooding of the Nile ...

Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which France received as a gift in 1836 ...