Egyptology

Belzoni, the pioneer of Egyptology who unearthed the temples of Abu Simbel and opened an entrance to the pyramid of Khafre

The beginnings of archaeology in general and Egyptology in particular, beyond the curiosity that the ruins unleashed in Antiquity and…

Abu Simbel temples in 1820, after Belzoni's intervention / Image: Wellcome Collection Gallery on Wikimedia Commons

The solar alignment that occurs twice a year in the temple of Abu Simbel

Three millennia ago Egypt was at the height of its Empire. After the war campaigns of Senusret III and a…

Photo Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz on Wikimedia Commons