2+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) The Past website Cleopatra: A Reference Guide to her Life and Works Cleopatra VII now joins such luminaries as Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, and Henry VIII, as the latest historical celebrity to have her own volume in Bloomsbury’s ‘Significant Figures…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (202+ words) An Egyptian mission at Marina el-Alamein (the site of the Graeco-Roman city of Leukaspis) has discovered 11 deep rock-cut tombs and 7 limestone surface tombs, many of which are still sealed and well preserved. One of the burials was originally a water…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (295+ words) Textiles have long remained in the shadow of more conspicuous archaeological finds such as monumental sculpture, decorated coffins, and jewellery. Yet these often-overlooked artefacts offer vital insights into technology, economics, religion, dress, and daily life. Weaving for Eternity is therefore…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (191+ words) • At Ihnasya (ancient Herakleopolis Magna), an Egyptian team has uncovered the remains of a Roman basilica and a large marble head of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, along with terracotta coin moulds and an inscription of Senusret III (Twelfth Dynasty) – indicating…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (402+ words) The Past website Religion and the Invisible World: Sanctity and Spiritual Transformation in Egypt from Pharaonic Times to the Present The Classical historian Herodotus described the Egyptians as the most religious of peoples. And, indeed, many people today find themselves…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (412+ words) Although there is a rich source of archaeological evidence for towns and cities in ancient Egypt, research into urbanism has, according to Nadine Moeller, often avoided mention of it, because many of the settlements could be regarded as anomalous, not…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) An Egyptian mission excavating the Byzantine-era city at Ain el-Sabil in the Dakhla Oasis has uncovered the overall plan of the settlement and several new mud-brick structures. The city was built on a grid pattern with two main streets running…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (392+ words) The GEM is huge – it claims to be the world’s largest museum dedicated to a particular civilisation. Tour groups are herded through on a whistle-stop tour lasting two hours, but that can only scratch the surface. I spent three full…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (306+ words) Yet despite being sparse, fragmentary, and often indirect, evidence for female literacy does exist, especially in elite households, temples, and specialised professions, where women appear to have had opportunities to learn and use writing skills. Evidence for female literacy, though…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (484+ words) Pain has been an ever- present factor of everyday life, particularly in ancient Egypt, where disease, the harsh climate, and work-related trauma and wear and tear were common. While medical papyri highlight the large range of plant and mineral- based…...