A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be. By Franz Lidz How would a New York Times obituary writer ...
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What makes Egyptian stonework unique?

Ancient stonework is often used to support dramatic claims about lost civilizations, forgotten technologies, or hidden ...
Staff at the Oglethorpe University in Atlanta closed a door on May 28, 1940. Behind the door waits a carefully assembled ...
Discover an extraordinary archaeological find as researchers unveil a 2,000-year-old gateway leading to an undiscovered structure in Egypt. This significant discovery sheds light on ancient ...
The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...
The answer from the Communist Party of China (CPC) is that a correct understanding of governance performance should proceed ...
Chinese poet Ai Kou has long been accustomed to gathering with fellow Chinese poets for creative exchanges. Yet at the ...
CAIRO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Global South Media and Think Tank Forum Chinese-Arab Partnership Conference opened Tuesday at ...
For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.
A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom. Researchers analyzed artifacts tied to Pharaoh Ahmose, gaining rare access to ...
The temple is composed of a circular basin 115 feet wide. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists think a circular basin unearthed in Egypt is a temple connected to a mysterious ...