According to Egyptian legend, the goddess Sekhmet was created by Ra, who wanted her to destroy humans who were disobedient to his rule. But Sekhmet had such uncontrollable bloodlust that she almost ...

Miniature Wooden Granary Model Discovered in an Ancient Hidden Chamber Reveals Egyptians Consumed a Lot of Grains Food grains ...

Ancient Granary Diorama Discovered in Meketre's Tomb Scribes and Grain Storage Highlight Egypt's Agricultural Strength ...

Whether it’s a pet acting silly or a wild animal engaging in the most endearing interactions, animals provide engaging and ...

A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

The Instructions of Amenemhat, also known as The Teaching of King Amenemhat I to His Son Senusret, is a literary work from ...

UK scientists used AI to "virtually unroll" ancient scrolls charred by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. UK scientists made a breakthrough in deciphering ancient scrolls charred by the eruption ...

An incredible 1,900-year-old papyrus sheds light on an ancient criminal case involving forgery, tax fraud and slaves from the Roman empire. This papyrus, which was discovered in the 1950s but ...

WE think that “The Early Egyptians and their Influence on Ancient Civilisation” would have been a better title for Dr. Elliot Smith's little book than that which he has actually chosen ...

Numerous previous studies have analyzed the composition of pastes and mortars used in ancient Egyptian construction. Some of these substances were found to be genuine plaster - which consists of ...

The incomplete Edwin Smith Papyrus was significant because it provided the first evidence that the ancient Egyptians knew more about the human body and medicine than was previously believed.

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.