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Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Jun 26, 20232 min read
Piramesses - The Abandoned City
Piramessess ("The House of Ramesses, Beloved of Amun, Great of Victories") was the capital city of Ancient Egypt during the 19th Dynasty...
Megan Kumorek
May 22, 20233 min read
Unwrapping the Past through Digital Archaeology: A look at the Mummy of Amenhotep I
Traditional archaeology is essential to understand the past, but unfortunately certain methods can sometimes damage the element under...
Christofer Ek
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Ushabtis
Ushabtis (also known as Shabtis or Shawabtis) are small figurines that were used as funerary goods in ancient Egypt. They were commonly...
Christofer Ek
Mar 20, 20232 min read
Mortuary Temples
Most of what the general public knows about ancient Egypt relates to their dealings with death: mummies, pyramids, King Tut’s death mask,...
Megan Kumorek
Mar 13, 20232 min read
Un-Mummied Remains
Crocodiles have been seen as a sacred animal in ancient Egyptian culture for thousands of years as they were considered earthly vessels...
Megan Kumorek
Feb 27, 20233 min read
Say Cheese! - One Man's Cheese is Ancient Egypt's Disease
Cheese can be seen as a staple in most households around the world so it is no surprise that cheese as we know it today has been produced...
Christofer Ek
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Pets in Ancient Egypt
When the word ‘mummy’ is mentioned, two things usually come to mind: a mother or the embalmed remains of an ancient Egyptian king or...
Josefin Percival
Jan 23, 20234 min read
Hatshepsut – The pharaoh doomed to be forgotten
Hatshepsut, the daughter of Thutmose I, was one of the most powerful queens of the ancient world, but has often fallen into the shadows...
Ece Karakas
Jan 9, 20234 min read
Heritage Beyond Borders: the History of the Salvage of Abu Simbel Temples
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of UNESCO's World Heritage Convention The purpose of the convention is to promote and initiate...
Josefin Percival
Jan 5, 20232 min read
The Will of Wah
One man's death is another woman’s gain Women’s rights to inherit came to Egypt well before the western world decided to give women the...
Menam Archaeology
Dec 30, 20226 min read
Happy New Year!
Wait, do I have the right date?! The celebration of the New year is not a modern phenomenon, but not all New Years celebrations were or...
Megan Kumorek
Dec 5, 20224 min read
The Discovery of Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb?
- Has new evidence finally revealed the biggest discovery of the 21st century? Cleopatra VII is perhaps one of the most recognized...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Brick by (boring) brick
Throughout history different kinds of building techniques and materials have dominated the fashion and knowledge of their time. One of...
Rachel McLaughlin
Nov 9, 20227 min read
Hieroglyphs before Champollion
The decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs is generally attributed to Jean-François Champollion, and particularly the publication...
Ece Karakas
Oct 24, 20224 min read
The Mystery of Akhenaten’s Body
When Napoleon’s soldiers stumbled across a site in Egypt called Tell el-Amarna, they were the first Europeans to see the wide hips, soft,...
Megan Kumorek
Oct 24, 20225 min read
Moon Knight: An Egyptologist’s Guide to a Disney+ Original
Beware: Slight Spoilers Ahead! After its release on Disney+ with over a million views in the first week alone, Marvel Comic’s Moon Knight...
Megan Kumorek
Oct 24, 20224 min read
The Harem Conspiracy: The Assassination of an Egyptian King
The assassination of a king, a royal coup, and an infamous trial; these themes have prevailed throughout human history and continue to be...
Christofer Ek
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Gemstones in ancient Egypt: Amethyst
The color purple has always played an important role in societies across the world. In the past, purple was seen as an expensive and...
Ece Karakas
Oct 24, 20225 min read
A local’s top pick and tips at the Egyptian museum
MENAM Archaeology teamed up with Wendy who runs the Instagram account Egypteverafter to get the locals favourite picks and tips for...
Josefin Percival
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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...
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