It works like a simple crane. The invention of the shaduf was very important in the story of Ancient Egypt. It helped people to easily access the water from the River Nile. They built a system of ...

Is there really a secret city under the pyramids? Is there really a secret city under the pyramids? These Nubian kings left a centuries-long legacy in Egypt These Nubian kings left a centuries ...

Egypt. The burial site includes a limestone chamber surrounded by mudbrick vaults, but the king's identity remains a mystery due to damage caused by ancient tomb robbers. The tomb is believed to ...

Check out his tomb. Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious new king of ancient Egypt, buried in a network of tombs at Anubis Mountain. "Discovering king's tombs, new pharaohs, are few and far ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The symbol is frequently seen in ancient burials — especially on a type of ...

Contemplating the spectrum of contemporary clothing inspired by ancient Egypt is “like [looking into] a kaleidoscope,” Lisby says, as every designer interprets the civilization differently ...

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 ...

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