An Egyptian team has completed a two-year project to excavate a 3,000 year-old gold-processing centre found on the site of the modern Sukari gold mine, near Marsa Alam on the Red Sea coast. The complex consisted of grinding and pulverising…
The Hellenistic site of Kom el-Nugus (Plinthine), 27km from Alexandria, was first discovered in 2013. Now a team from Université de Lyon has uncovered a settlement dating to the New Kingdom, as well as traces of settlement from the Late…
Research from Leiden University in the Netherlands has revealed that pyramid burials may not have been exclusively for the elite. The pyramid burials of ancient Egyptians at the site of ancient Tombos in northern Nubia, near the Third Cataract, were…
The discovery of a new Egyptian royal tomb in Western Valley C (adjacent to the Valley of the Kings) has been confirmed.
Amandine Marshall investigates the magical significance of the various hairstyles that ancient Egyptians adopted.
Wolfram Grajetzki explores the life, reign, and legacy
of one of Egypt’s lesser-known pharaohs.
Where in Egypt is this? If you know, email the Editor: peter@ancientegyptmagazine.com before 30 April with your answer, giving your full name, address, and a contact phone number. One lucky reader will have their name selected at random from all…
Lee P Ruddin explores the life and work of an artist whose beautiful paintings of Egyptian life are now sadly overlooked.
Aidan Dodson retraces the very first discoveries and excavations that restored these two New Kingdom pharaohs to their place in ancient Egyptian history.
Andrew Michael Chugg explores and reconstructs this famous architectural wonder, the inspiration for spectacular feats of Alexandrian science.
Continuing his series exploring specific vignettes from Papyrus of Ani, Andrew Fulton focuses on the most famous scene from the Book of the Dead.
Karl Harris sets off on two wheels to visit the site of Amenhotep III’s palace on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor.
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