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

Shepseskaf's decision to build a mastaba instead of a pyramid has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, as it marked a ...

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 ...

We use it to write down our language using small pictures called ... These short animated videos explore Ancient Egypt. There are five films devoted to key themes - such as the River Nile and ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

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 ...