Adorned with mother of pearl, coral and lapis lazuli, the case’s design hearkened back to the ... of contemporary clothing inspired by ancient Egypt is “like [looking into] a kaleidoscope ...

What we know of this early society changes and is re-intepreted year by year as new archaeological finds discovered beneath the desert sands revise our understanding of ancient Egypt. This web ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

A small chapel tomb (ca 13th century B.C.) at the necropolis of the ancient city of Deir el Medina, near Luxor in Egypt. The pyramids of Meroë adopted a strikingly similar design. Photograph by ...

Many fine examples of wooden and clay mechanical string toys have been found in the tombs of Ancient Egypt. The original of this particular wooden crocodile is believed to be from 1100 BCE and is on ...

As far as modern archaeologists can tell, the very first pyramid built in Egypt was the step pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara necropolis. Unlike many other ancient ... the design of the structure ...

Travel back in time thousands of year to the banks of the Nile, where you can learn all about the amazing people and places of Ancient Egypt. What remains of Ancient Egypt? How do we know so much ...