While most of the world was in lockdown, a team of 15 researchers carefully scraped thousands of years of soot, dirt, and ...

By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens ...

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An ancient temple that belonged to an Old Testament pharaoh is being restored by archaeologists in Egypt. In a Facebook ... analyzing its inscriptions and comparing them with those in other ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Officials have announced a number of discoveries during excavations around the valley temple of the powerful Egyptian queen, who reigned during the 15th century B.C.E. Sarah Kuta Daily ...

Built to honor Amon-Re (ancient Egypt's sun god) and the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (who was believed to have descended from Amon-Re), the Temple of Hatshepsut stands out for its grand architecture ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna ... “but we do know that the temple’s main entrance was only opened during the big feasts.” Inscriptions specify the conditions worshippers were required ...