The 'lost golden city' archaeologists are calling the biggest Egypt find since Tutankhamun
Known as the "lost golden city", Aten is over 3,000 years old and deemed one of the most significant archaeological ...
The Day26 天
A trove of artifacts from Egypt's last dynasty has been found in 63 tombs
The dynasty was founded in 305 B.C. after Alexander the Great of Macedonia took Egypt in 332 B.C. and one of his generals, Ptolemy, became Ptolemy I. Leadership was handed down through Ptolemy’s ...
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
Ancient Egyptian civilization was complex, stratified, and highly organized. Specialized professions quickly emerged to allow ...
National Geographic news2 年
Standing Tall: Egypt’s Great Pyramids
Stairway to HeavenThe step pyramid in Saqqara, south of Giza, was Egypt’s first. Built for the 3rd-dynasty pharaoh Djoser ... Photograph by Dagli Orti, Art Archive (Giza pyramids), DEA/Album ...
The Art Newspaper2 年
Egyptian art
The Egyptian items repatriated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office this week, collectively valued at $1.4m, include a wood coffin face and a royal alabaster vase ...
New York Post10 天
Face of Egyptian pharaoh recreated in stunning detail 3,500 years after death
Archeologists and graphics experts have recreated the facial features of one of Egypt’s most significant pharaohs, Amenhotep I, who ruled during the 18th Dynasty around 1,500 BCE, or 3,500 years ...
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Burial chamber of 12th dynasty noblewoman in Assuit, Upper Egypt discovered
who was governor of Assuit in Upper Egypt during the reign of King Senusret I of the 12th dynasty (1991–1778 BC). The discovery was made during excavation work carried out on the father’s tomb in ...
Archaeologists discover trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty
A trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are ...
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In Photos: Burial chamber of 12th dynasty noblewoman in Assuit, Upper Egypt discovered
who was governor of Assuit in Upper Egypt during the reign of King Senusret I of the 12th dynasty (1991–1778 BC). The discovery was made during excavation work carried out on the father’s tomb ...
The Australian23 天
Impressive works in NGV’s ancient Egypt exhibition illuminate the Pharaoh as ruler
One of these is an exquisite small bronze figure of the pharaoh Pamy (778-69 BC), from late in the Third Intermediate ... The formal conventions of Egyptian art were extremely conservative ...
National Geographic news4 年
Meet King Tut’s Father, Egypt’s First Revolutionary
Others have had plenty to say about the king, who ruled from around 1353 B.C. until 1336 B.C. and tried to transform Egyptian religion, art ... During the next dynasty, Akhenaten was referred ...