An Egyptian archaeological mission, led by Dr. Ahmed Said El-Kharadly of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has discovered a series of mudbrick architectural units, including military barracks for soldiers and storage rooms for weapons, food, and provisions from the New Kingdom era. These findings were made during ongoing excavations at the site of Tell Al-Abqain, […]
Egypt
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First and largest Egyptian astronomical observatory of the 6th century BC discovered in Kafr El-Sheikh
Archaeologists in Egypt have made an interesting discovery at the ancient temple of Buto in Tell El-Fara’in, Kafr El-Sheikh province. An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities has unearthed what is believed to be the first and largest astronomical observatory from the 6th century B.C. This extraordinary find highlights the advanced knowledge […]
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The Silver Treasure of Megiddo is the First Material Evidence of Thutmose III’s Military Campaign in the Mid-15th Century BC
A forgotten discovery for almost a century might shed new light on the ancient history of the Near East. A team of researchers from the University of Haifa analyzed a silver treasure found during excavations by the University of Chicago at Megiddo, in present-day Israel, in the early 1930s. Their study’s results suggest that this […]
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Previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Euripides, discovered in an Egyptian papyrus
Two scholars from the University of Colorado Boulder have unearthed significant fragments from two lost tragedies by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. This discovery, made after months of painstaking research, is hailed as one of the most substantial findings in over fifty years. The journey began in November 2022 when Basem Gehad, an archaeologist with […]
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Gold Foils Discovered in Tombs of the 26th Dynasty in Damietta, Egypt
The Egyptian archaeological mission, under the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has discovered 63 mudbrick tombs and some simple burials that contained a set of gold foils belonging to the 26th Dynasty of the Late Period, as well as several bronze coins from the Ptolemaic Period. This discovery took place during the mission’s excavations in the […]
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Inscriptions and Reliefs of Pharaohs from the New Kingdom and the Late Period, Discovered under the Waters of the Nile in Aswan
The joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission has made a significant discovery under the waters of the Nile in Aswan. The mission, composed of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt and Paul Valéry University Montpellier, and led by Dr. Chris Crassion, has found inscriptions and reliefs of important pharaohs, including Amenhotep III, Thutmose IV, Psamtik II, […]
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Harpedonaptai, the Indispensable “Rope Stretchers” of Ancient Egypt
In the long and fascinating history of Ancient Egypt, there were figures without whom many monumental and artistic achievements would not have been possible. Moreover, without them, chaos would have taken over the Nile country year after year, making them essential for maintaining order. We are not talking about the pharaohs or the priests. We […]
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The Frenzied Life of Ptolemy Ceraunus, the Man Who Ended the Last Successor of Alexander the Great
He was disinherited from the Egyptian throne, organized an expedition to overthrow his brother-in-law in Thrace, murdered the ally who helped him, married his own stepsister, killed her children, briefly ruled in Macedonia, and ultimately lost his life because, in his reckless impetuosity, he did not wait for reinforcements in his last battle, ending with […]
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The Enigmatic Merimde Culture, the Origin of Egyptian Civilization
Although we are accustomed to reading about Egyptian kings and great pharaohs, about gigantic monuments such as pyramids and mastabas, Egyptian civilization did not emerge out of nowhere but developed from prehistoric cultures around the Nile Delta. The oldest, and perhaps one of the most enigmatic, which is considered the origin of the later Egyptian […]
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33 Tombs with Mummies of Young People and Newborns Discovered Around the Aga Khan Mausoleum, West of Aswan
The joint Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission, operating around the Aga Khan Mausoleum, west of Aswan, has made a remarkable discovery by unearthing several previously unknown family tombs dating back to the Late, Greek, and Roman periods, according to Dr. Mohammed Ismail Khaled, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. This discovery is highly significant as […]
