5 Stunning Discoveries at the Giza Pyramids That Left Experts Awestruck
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Thousands of years ago, massive, towering structures were built in the desert. Rising hundreds of meters towards the sky as…
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The Ancient Pyramids of Sneferu and Their Importance
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Some six miles south of Saqqara, on top of a spur of the Libyan Plateau overlooking the ancient site of…
King Cambyses’ Lost Army: 10 Mysteries Surrounding the Vanished Persian Army
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In 524 BC, King Cambyses sent an army of 50,000 soldiers to enslave the city of Ammonians (Modern day Siwa…
Ten Things You Should Know About Saladin’s Ancient Citadel And Its Massive Underground World
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Built as a defensive fortification in Medieval times, the Citadel of Saladin remains one of Egypt’s most monumental architectural achievements…
Treasure Trove of Ancient Sarcophagi Unearthed Near Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid
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The Egyptian Ministry of tourism and Antiquities has recently revealed a sensational discovery; archeologists excavated 59 ancient sarcophagi not far…
10 Things You Should Know about the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
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The ancient Egyptian pyramids’ story starts with the most humble beginnings in predynastic and early dynastic times. According to mainstream…
5 Ancient Egyptian Solar Ships You Probably Didn’t Know Existed
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For ancient Egyptians, the perpetual cycle of the coming and setting of the Sun is comparable to the cycle of…
10 Things You Should Know About Ancient Egypt’s First True Capital, the Lost City of Thinis
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There are many ancient cities that have been lost to the “sands of time,” and Egypt’s first true capital, the…
Unwritten Mystery: 5 Things You Should Know About Ancient Egypt’s Lost City of Thinis
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Egypt’s ancient monuments are demanding. They necessitate attention and have been “fed” with the admiration and praise of people through…
The History of Ancient Egyptian Writing Resumed in 5 Interesting Facts
The ancient Egyptian Writing, specifically hieroglyphics, took root before the early dynastic period, which is thought to have taken place…
10 Things You Likely Didn’t Know About Serapeum of Saqqara and Its Sacred Api Bulls
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The Serapeum of Saqqara has remained a mystery since its re-discovery in 1850. It is the cemetery of the personified…
Pyramid Evolution: Did Egypt’s First Pyramid Arise From an Ancient Mastaba?
When it comes to the impressive and famous monuments of ancient Egypt, Pyramids fascinate everyone, even to the present day….
10 Things You Should Know About Imhotep, The First Pyramid Architect
Imhotep was a mythological figure in the Egyptian civilization but his genealogy remained unclear. He was known as a powerful…
10 Great Ancient Egyptian Discoveries That Changed History
The evolution of the Egyptian civilization bore evidence to the culture of different nations. First, it was seized by the…
10 Things You Should Know About the World’s Oldest Harbor
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Egyptologists were the happiest people in the world back in 2011 when an archaeological mission set with a completely different…
What Happened to The Pyramidion of the Great Pyramid of Giza?
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Thousands of years ago, and after a series of “lesser” pyramids, a fourth-dynasty Pharaoh is thought to have commissioned an…
10 Aerial Images of Ancient Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid
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Recognized as the oldest pyramid in ancient Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser is an architectural marvel from the era…
13 Rare Images of Egyptian Pyramids That Show Just How Incredibly Ancient They Are
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Join us in this magical journey as we explore rare photographs of the Egyptian pyramids that show just how incredibly…
3 Ancient Egyptian Cities That Predate The Pyramids By Thousands of Years
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Of all ancient cities in Egypt, none is perhaps as important and majestic as Hut-Ka-Ptah. We are talking about Memphis,…
5 Incredible Things People Don’t But Should Know About the Great Pyramid of Giza
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No other ancient monument on the planet’s surface has the ability to leave one breathless as the Great Pyramid of…
5 Confounding Archaeological Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Egypt is a land filled with archeological mysteries, some of which have even turned into legends. Of all the…
The Intricate Ancient Defense Mechanism Built Into the Great Pyramid of Giza
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Of all the incredible things about the pyramid, perhaps not many people know that its builders included an intricate, ancient…