The Egyptian sculpture gallery is also home to the sarcophagus of Nectanebo II, Egypt's last true pharaoh. His reign was cut short by a Persian invasion, and his ultimate fate remains unknown. The key ...

Additionally, during periods of instability, especially in the 21st Dynasty, Egyptian priests relocated the mummies of earlier pharaohs to more secure hiding places, like the Valley of the Kings and ...

This is the mummy of Hornedjitef an Egyptian priest who was buried in a coffin, within a second, outer coffin. Examining his body using CAT scans and X-rays revealed that he suffered from ...

Any source for the story of Atlantis must predate Plato’s writings at the very least. But given that the whole point of this theory is that it connects to the story of Solon receiving the legend from ...

The term Egyptian cotton gets thrown around a lot as shorthand for very fancy sheets, but not all Egyptian cotton is created equal. Some sheets made from Egyptian cotton will be certified as such ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Egyptian naval forces have rescued five more people and recovered four bodies, a day after a tourist yacht ...

Father Thomas Oleghe, the oldest priest in Nigeria has passed away at the age of 104. Oleghe died in the early hours of Nov. 24, the Solemnity of Christ the King, the bishop of the Diocese of ...

For over 3,000 years, ancient Egypt was one of the most powerful civilizations on Earth, with an empire stretching across half a dozen modern-day countries. How much do you know about this iconic ...

Archaeologists with a joint American and Egyptian expedition near Luxor have uncovered a 4,000-year-old Middle Kingdom (1938 B.C.-1630 B.C.) tomb with several intact burials, Egyptian authorities ...

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A medieval hall-house, built in 1308 for the parish priest of Muchelney. This medieval hall-house was built in 1308 for the parish priest of the church opposite, and has been little altered since the ...

What it tells us about the past: The "Younger Memnon" is an 8.8-foot-tall (2.7 meter) broken head and torso remnant of a statue from ancient Egypt that now stands in the British Museum in London.