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Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at 'Armageddon' when biblical king was killed, study suggests
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, ...
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From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra: Unraveling the Ptolemaic Dynasty
The Ptolemaic Dynasty, established by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, ruled Egypt for almost three centuries.
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Rival to Egypt, the Nubian kingdom of Kush exuded power and gold
Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...
Tomb of Egyptian pharaoh is first found in Luxor since Tutankhamun – here’s how we know who lay inside
Discovered in 2022, the site is some 1.2 miles away from the Valley of the Kings, where tombs for Thutmose I and III and Hatshepsut were planned. Women of the royal family had been found there, so the ...
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Rare tomb from Egypt's Middle Kingdom holds a wealth of jewelry and several generations of the same family
The tomb dates to a period known as the Middle Kingdom (circa 2030 to 1640 B.C.), a time when Egypt was unified and thriving. "This is the first Middle Kingdom tomb found in the area," the team ...
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Building Ancient Egypt, One Brick at a Time
Week 1: Red land, black land—the ancient landscape and building the first Egyptian kingdoms The River Nile has always been essential to life in Egypt—it has shaped the landscape and the course of ...
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The British Position in Egypt
TWO facts underlie the present Anglo-Egyptian tension. First, the two nations have never been able to reach an agreement on the four matters which Great Britain reserved in her Declaration of 1922 ...
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Ancient pharaoh’s tomb unearthed in Egypt, first since Tutankhamun’s in 1922
told Egyptian state media that the find was one of the most significant in decades. The project was undertaken by the council and the New Kingdom Research Foundation, led by British archaeologist ...
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Tomb of Egyptian pharaoh is first found in Luxor since Tutankhamun—here's how we know who lay inside
Now, the location of his long-lost tomb, one of the last missing royal tombs, has been confirmed by the New Kingdom Research Foundation, a British-Egyptian archaeological team led by Piers Litherland.