Making a truly flat surface is a modern engineering feat, and not a small one. Even making something straight without ...
Officials said the finds, announced by Egypt’s antiquities authority, shed light on settlement patterns, production, and funerary practices from the Late Period through Roman and early Islamic eras.
Egypt has successfully recovered seven ancient artefacts from the United States, marking another milestone in its ongoing efforts to reclaim cultural property illegally smuggled from the country. The ...
Credit: Greek Reporter archive When we think of a typical workday in Ancient Athens, the first image that often comes to mind ...
Two monumental pylons form the entryway to the temple of Isis at Philae, which was built by the pharaoh Ptolemy II beginning around 260 B.C. Reliefs on this pylon depict the pharaoh Ptolemy XII ...
In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...
In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some 23 feet tall. Now, U.S. and Egyptian archaeologists have announced the ...