Scholars for the first time identified chemical signatures of the components of a liquid concoction contained in a Bes mug. A new technique helped identify a sample flavored with honey, sesame seeds, ...

Think you’ll forget it? Write it down. Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over ...

An animated film narrating the Jewish story of Moses. This clip will be relevant for teaching KS1 and Early and 1st Level ...

Researchers found a 3,300-year-old papyrus where an artist used white pigment to slim a jackal figure. The correction appears in a Book of the Dead created for the royal scribe Ramose. Analysis ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Re-examination of an Egyptian artifact discovered about 100 years ago led researchers to realize it is an ancient “bow drill.” The copper and leather ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, god of abundance and fertility. THE PERFECT AMOUNTEgyptians needed the ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use was woven into the fabric of the culture. And the Egyptians didn’t just ...

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The museum’s most anticipated exhibit is the full 5,500 items from King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Egyptians say it’s time to experience their most precious antiquities at home. The museum’s most anticipated ...

Cairo — Egypt's government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it held an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...

For the first time, the complete genome of a person from ancient Egypt has been sequenced. The DNA was collected from the remains of an older man, possibly a potter, who lived over 4500 years ago. The ...

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived around 4,500 to 4,800 ...