Archaeologists Find a Pharaoh’s Tomb, the First Since King Tut, Egypt Says
The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...
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History Professor Profiles Book, Urges Anti-Colonial Historical Engagement
A history professor explored his forthcoming book and urged historians to recognize anti-colonialist history narratives in a Feb. 19 webinar. Esmat Elhalaby, a colonialist historian and assistant ...
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Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered the First Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh’s Tomb Since Tutankhamun’s in 1922
Researchers initially thought the tomb belonged to a royal wife. Then they unearthed fragments of alabaster jars that identified it as Thutmose II's ...
Research on vanishing coastlines in Egypt offers solutions for protecting coastal cities, including those in California
A new USC study reveals a dramatic surge in building collapses in the ancient Egyptian port city of Alexandria, directly ...
Is the Grand Egyptian Museum worth visiting? What you can see – and what’s missing – before it fully opens
The Hetepheres collection now sits among the thousands of incredible artefacts at the newly-opened Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM ...
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...
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The Ancient Egyptian Treasures of a German Sailor Who May Not Have Existed
For years, major artifacts sold to collectors and museums have been attributed to a Bremen-born naval officer who apparently bought them in the early 20th century and passed them to his heirs. But the ...