Is this another piece of royal propaganda, or a secret code for the elite? Well, it's all a matter of perspective.

"With its valuable inscriptions and numerous funerary monuments, Abydos has perhaps ... as “Ramses the Great," is one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs. Before his death in 1213 BC, ancient ...

It is thought that the Egyptians would roll the obelisk onto sleds, which would be transported down the Nile banks and onto boats that would carry the monuments downriver to larger settlements.

Temple floors have become muddier, salt crystals have formed on stone monuments and ancient foundations have slowly turned back into sand. Egyptologist Brett McClain has been part of the Epigraphic ...