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False doors: gateways to the other world
Without a doubt, any visitor to a museum with a larger Egyptian collection, or indeed to Egypt itself, has failed to notice the large...
Josefin Percival
Oct 24, 20223 min read

Womens right in the ancient world: Accounts from ancient Egypt.
Today's political climate, where recent laws regarding women's right to govern their own bodies have been overturned, is threatening the...
Menam Archaeology
Oct 24, 20223 min read

Myth or More? The Story of an Ancient Egyptian Queen’s Ultimate Revenge.
The revenge story of Nitocris is one which has been told by Manetho (Egyptian priest who wrote Egyptian history in Greek) and the “Father...
Megan Kumorek
Oct 24, 20224 min read

The mystery of Thoth Hill
Thoth Hill is a hilltop temple that is located in the mountains on the west side of the Nile and is named after fragments of a statue...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Oct 24, 20224 min read

Gemstones in Ancient Egypt: Carnelian
When the word gemstone is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind are the four famous gemstones: ruby, diamond, emerald, and...
Christofer Ek
Oct 23, 20224 min read


Gemstones in Ancient Egypt: The History
When the word ‘gemstone’ is mentioned, people cannot help but imagine a variety of polished stones on expensive-looking jewelry. If we...
Christofer Ek
Oct 23, 20223 min read

Building materials: Clear as mud?
Ever since the Neolithic (10,000 - 4500 BCE), mudbrick has been the main building material in warmer climates like Africa and the Middle...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Oct 23, 20224 min read

Ancient Egyptian Scripts
Across its 5000 year history, the ancient Egyptian language used four different scripts: hieroglyphs, hieratic, Demotic and Coptic. The...
Rachel McLaughlin
Oct 23, 20224 min read

The forts of Middle Kingdom Egypt
During the Middle Kingdom (c. 2064 - 1797 BCE), specifically the 12th Dynasty (1991 -1802 BCE) King Senwosret I (c. 1971-1328 BCE)...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Oct 23, 20223 min read
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