Old Kingdom
Egyptian Museum contains a collection of stunning schist triad statues dating back to the old Kingdom
The First Transitional Period of ancient Egypt began when the centralized monarchy of the ancient kingdom weakened.
ET sheds light on the statue of King Khafre, builder of the second largest pyramid in Giza.
Waziri explained that the discovered cache includes 150 bronze statues of various sizes.
It is a well containing many pottery pots and coffins, and it is in a very good condition.
The distinctive thing about the six Gebelein mummies is that they are natural mummies from the late Predynastic period, about 3400 BC.
Catfish once dominated the icons of the pharaohs on the banks of the Nile.
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri explained that this cache was found inside a huge well.
The evening was attended by a group of ambassadors, university professors, writers, media professionals and public figures.
The 68 artifacts include 16 pieces from the treasures of the Golden King Tutankhamun.
Egypt’s Ministries of Tourism & Antiquities and Foreign Affairs succeeded in recovering the legless statue of the priest "Ni Kao Ptah" from the era of the Old Kingdom.
Those artifacts were chosen through a public poll on Facebook to choose the "piece of the month" in Egypt’s various museums.
Archaeological researcher Ahmed Amer said that the kings of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt made them statues in the form of a Sphinx and placed them in front of their temples to guard them.
The English Archaeological Mission of the University of Birmingham working on Hawa Dome project in Aswan succeeded in uncovering six tombs of different sizes dating back to the Old Kingdom.
The English Archaeological Mission of the University of Birmingham working on Hawa Dome project in Aswan succeeded in uncovering six tombs of different sizes dating back to the Old Kingdom.
Egypt Today presents to you top facts about Queen Khentkaus I, the second Egyptian queen who ruled Egypt independently during the Old Kingdom period.
Egypt Today continues its ancient Egyptian queens series, today’s queen is Neithhotep, the wife of Narmer or Menes
Scientists using an imaging method based on cosmic rays have detected a large internal structure in the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
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