Mar 25
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Could a better understanding of the Nile River help explain how the pyramids were built? The pyramids of Giza are some of the most recognizable […]
Mar 13
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
While excavating near the Step Pyramid of Djoser, in Saqqara, archaeologists from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities discovered a complete copy of the Egyptian […]
Mar 10
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
The Great Pyramid of Khufu has been an object of fascination since the very beginning of archaeology, yet even today it continues to reveal fascinating […]
Feb 3
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Excavations at Saqqara south of Cairo continue to reveal incredible finds, including what may be the oldest mummified person ever found in Egypt. According to […]
Nov 23
By: Marek Dospěl
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, on November 4, 1922, archaeologists working in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings uncovered the first of 16 steps leading down to […]
Nov 17
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
While looking for the burial place of Queen Cleopatra, archaeologists uncovered the entrance to a long tunnel running underneath the Egyptian temple of Taposiris Magna, […]
Oct 24
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Has Queen Nefertiti’s tomb been identified behind the burial chamber of Tutankhamun? It has been an ongoing debate since 2015 when Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves proposed […]
Sep 14
By: Marek Dospěl
Just over two hundred years ago, on September 14, 1822, Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) cracked the code of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script and the language behind […]
Jul 22
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
An intriguing Egyptian tomb has been discovered just south of Cairo, belonging to the “Commander of Foreign Soldiers.” The tomb, discovered by a Czech […]
Jun 10
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Excavations at the site of the ancient Saqqara tombs continue to amaze with the discovery of 250 sarcophagi and 150 statuettes. The discovery was announced […]