The breed of this sculpted dog is also unclear. Ancient Egyptians tended to prefer energetic dog breeds, and the ones often ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

For the research, scientists identified nine mummified people from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. Some of the remains dated back to the New Kingdom, which spanned the 16th to the 11th centuries BCE ...

Ma’at was a fundamental concept in ancient Egyptian society ... No individual temple was dedicated to Ma’at until the New Kingdom. However, most, if not all, temples contained one section ...

Although it is impossible to determine the exact breed depicted in this mechanical figurine, Egyptian art frequently portrays slender, energetic dogs with large ears and long limbs. Some of the most ...

He would retain that position for most of the New Kingdom from 1539 to 1292 BCE ... Geb was usually shown in Egyptian art as lying at the feet of the air god Shu, with Nut, who was the goddess ...

A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

Sat on the western edge of the Nile River delta, Egypt was founded around 331 BC by Alexander the Great, the iconic king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon ... Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 AD, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a large multi-story building alongside a way station for those traveling between the Dead Sea ...