How did Egypt build the pyramids? It is a question that has excited the imagination of scholars and visitors for millennia. Now…
Archaeologist Sarah Parcak, who teaches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, admits to being astonished by her own achievement: ‘I couldn’t…
Packed in a crate with artefacts from the Middle East, the eery figures arrived in Montreal, Canada, in the mid 1950s. A…
Everyday concerns in ancient Egypt still resonate today, according to the latest issue of The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists,…
In 1819, the English physician and polymath Thomas Young – best known to archaeologists for his work in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs…
Khentkawes is hardly a household name. The historical record passes over this elusive figure without comment, while the scraps that testify to…
Ancient Egyptians believed death was survivable. Far from resting in peace, their demise catapulted them into a disorientating netherworld roamed by gods…
How did a slab of black granite become the key to deciphering hieroglyphs…
The Valley of the Nobles, just east of the Valley of the Kings, contains
some of the most spectacular ancient Egyptian tombs.…
From Minoan Linear B to Maya glyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how to decode the past…
The papyri of Oxyrhynchus…
Celebrating 125 Years of Discovery…
Seeking Saqqara's New Kingdom Tombs…