Feb 24 Blog
By: Robin Ngo
Pharaoh Akhenaten, who abolished the Egyptian pantheon and instituted worship of a single deity, the sun-disk Aten, in the mid-14th century B.C., may have established the world’s first monotheism. Did this influence the birth of Israelite monotheism?
Oct 24 Blog
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 […]
Oct 14 Blog
By: Noah Wiener
Tutankhamun died at a young age with a feminine physique. His closest relatives all shared similar features and fates. Imperial College London surgeon Hutan Ashrafian suggests that the royal family may have had an inherited disorder: frontal lobe epilepsy.
Aug 12 Blog
By: Megan Sauter
Those who sat on the throne of Egypt, one of the mightiest kingdoms of the ancient world, wielded a tremendous amount of power. At a time […]
May 11 Blog
A research team conducted the third investigation into whether Queen Nefertiti’s tomb is located on the other side of King Tut’s burial chamber.
Jun 7 Blog
King Tut owned a dagger that was out of this world—literally. The blade of the dagger was made of meteoritic iron.
Mar 23 Blog
By: Henry Curtis Pelgrift
Where is Queen Nefertiti’s tomb? Radar scans performed in King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber suggest that additional chambers lie behind the north and west walls.
Dec 30 Blog
As we ring in the New Year, let’s take a look back at the top 10 finds that fascinated us in 2015.
Nov 4 Blog
An intriguing new hypothesis is the talk of archaeologists and historians in Egypt and around the world: Does King Tut’s tomb contain Queen Nefertiti’s crypt?
Nov 3 Blog
Has the ancient Egyptian artist who created the famous bust of Nefertiti been identified?
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