Mummified crocodiles provide insights into mummy-making over time; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Researchers discovered Egypt’s oldest tomb oriented to winter solstice; located in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan)
Geomagnetic fields recorded in archaeological sites are helping to verify the Biblical accounts of military campaigns against the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
A religious complex from the Late Roman Period (between the fourth and sixth centuries) with unprecedented discoveries linked to the presence of the Blemmyes
British Museum announces major exhibition on hieroglyphs, 200 years after the language was deciphered
Bar-Ilan University study provides definitive evidence of the origin of the alabaster whose quality met Herod’s lavish standards
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years; a new study in Frontiers in Medicine
Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual on mummification yet discovered
The mummified remains of a woman in Aswan (Egypt) who suffered severe trauma to the pelvis and received gynaecological treatment
The Hyksos, who ruled during the 15th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, were not foreign invaders, but a group who rose to power from within, according to a study