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A lost city is rarely identified by one spectacular object. Learn how archaeologists combine inscriptions, architecture, stratigraphy and landscape evidence to test the case.
The name that keeps pulling archaeologists back to the eastern frontier What if a city that appears in the records of ancient Egypt has been sitting in plain sight, hidden…
A new study at Hierakonpolis used high-resolution ground-penetrating radar to map a large wooden palisade beside a Predynastic ceremonial center.
The mystery is real. Egypt’s pyramids are more than 4,500 years old, the Great Pyramid still feels impossible to many modern viewers, and yet the archive has yielded nothing that…
For many ancient civilizations, the sky was not a distant backdrop. It was the place from which authority, order, and sacred knowledge first arrived, and that belief shaped how people…
Ancient societies across Egypt, Jordan, Bolivia, and Peru carved doorways directly into stone with a control that still feels difficult to absorb. Some were symbolic thresholds for the dead, some…
At Hawara, Petrie mapped a vast area of ruins beside Amenemhat III’s pyramid. Later VLF-EM and ground-penetrating radar surveys found buried anomalies, but they have not confirmed Herodotus’s labyrinth.
The Giza pyramids continue to intrigue historians, engineers, and astronomers alike. A recent study delves into a previously underexplored aspect of these monumental structures: their potential role as astronomical tools.…
Tutankhamun’s golden face is instantly recognizable. Yet the construction of his burial mask has raised a remarkable question: could part of it have been made for another ruler? Egyptologist Nicholas…
Recently, a team of Egyptian antiquities officials announced an exciting discovery made inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the most iconic landmarks in the world. The discovery was…
The Great Sphinx has watched over the Giza Plateau for millennia, but the old photographs in this gallery show a monument still partly buried and surrounded by a very different…
How the ancients constructed the pyramids of Egypt remains one of the greatest archaeological enigmas in history. In fact, everything we think we know about the construction of the Egyptian…
Located on the Giza plateau, on the western bank of Egypt’s Nile River, the Great Sphinx stands guard. Carved out of a large block of limestone, the impressive monumental sculpture…
If you ask an Egyptologist about the Pyramids of Giza, their history, meaning, and purpose, the answer is straightforward. The pyramids were built as ancient tombs for the deceased Pharaohs.…
Although the pyramids of Giza are without a doubt one of the greatest, most impressive structures of the ancient world, one cannot write of the pyramids, especially The Great Pyramid…
Ancient art is not a single style or a single story. It includes royal portraits, objects made for the dead, images of gods, records of war, and works whose original…
The ability to create and use tools was a defining mark in the evolution of humans. Over time, many of these tools progressed into more sophisticated instruments, while others became…
Until about 25 years ago, no one had any idea of the extent of Bahariya’s archaeological treasure. This changed by complete chance and the help… of a donkey. In 1996,…
Eye captivating obelisks built by ancient Egyptian kings still cause awe and wonder among Egyptologists, architects, and visiting tourists from around the world to this day. However, many people are…
The ancient Egyptian pyramids’ story starts with the most humble beginnings in predynastic and early dynastic times. According to mainstream Egyptologists, the birth of the Egyptian pyramid–the Step Pyramid of…
Ancient Egypt’s history of pyramids is nothing short of magical. Although many experts say that the pyramids of Egypt are very human, they are also more than that, and they…
There are many ancient cities that have been lost to the “sands of time,” and Egypt’s first true capital, the city of Thinis —also known as This— is one such…
Of all the problems concerning the pyramids, their construction is the most puzzling. Even Roma writer Pliny, who condemned the pyramids of Egypt as an idle and foolish display of…
The ancient Egyptian Writing, specifically hieroglyphics, took root before the early dynastic period, which is thought to have taken place sometime around 3150 BC. The ancient Egyptians believed that some…