Ancient Egypt

Here's One Malady You Share With Ancient Egyptian Scribes

Fri, 06/28/2024 - 10:15

Ancient Egyptian scribes held high-status jobs, making up some of the 1% of Egyptians who could read and write at that time.

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Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile River

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 11:10

Gizmodo : Environment

Thirty-one different Egyptian pyramids appear to have been built along a branch of the Nile River that dried up millennia ago, according to new research published today in Communications Earth & Environment.

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Ancient Egyptian zodiac symbols were found in a temple after archaeologists cleared away 2,000 years' worth of grime

Fri, 03/31/2023 - 06:55

Tech Insider

A photomontage shows paintings of a Egyptian sagitarius, a half-horse/half human creature that has wings, surrounded by paintings of constellations. A picture next to it shows a stylised painting of a scorpio surrounded by paintings of stars. — These two ancient Egyptian zodiac signs were uncovered in the Temple of Esna, Egypt.

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10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got wrong, according to an expert

Sat, 01/28/2023 - 15:03