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Megan Kumorek
Apr 10, 20233 min read
Kandake Amanirenas - An African Queen vs the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was stretching its influence into Africa long before Cleopatra was born. However, after the death of the iconic ancient...
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...
Christofer Ek
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Owuo and the Hungry Man
Owuo, the god of death in the Asante and Akan mythology, has often been depicted as a terrifying giant with hair all over his body and a...
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...
Menam Archaeology
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...
Megan Kumorek
Oct 24, 20224 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...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
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...
Christofer Ek
Oct 23, 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, 20223 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...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Oct 23, 20224 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...
Rachel McLaughlin
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...
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