Ancient Egypt Archive

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - According to Biblical scholars, the Ten Commandments were written by God upon two tablets of stone and then given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Much has been written and said about the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. When and how was it created and for what purpose?

AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians were familiar with prosthetic foot technology and produced functioning toe prostheses for amputated limbs and many of these impressive achievements thousands of years ago. Scientists

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Valley Temple at Giza, which is usually ascribed to the  Pharaoh Chephren (2520-2494 BC) is a remarkable and mostly unusual ancient structure. The

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - With its magnificent pyramids, the sphinx, mysterious tombs and enigmatic hieroglyphs, Egypt is a country full of ancient secrets, some of which are heavily

AncientPages.com - There is no other place on Earth like Egypt’s Giza Plateau. Anyone with even a slight interest in history and civilization is aware of this fact. For

AncientPages.com - There has never been a satisfactory answer to what the Sphinx actually is or was. Anyone who goes to Giza can see for himself or herself that

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Akhenaten is one of the most famous rulers in the Land of Pharaohs and he still remains a unique and controversial figure in the

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Hatshepsut, whose name means "Foremost of Noble Ladies," is a notable name in history. She lived almost three and a half thousand years ago

AncientPages.com - On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter (1873 - 1939), an English archaeologist and Egyptologist unsealed and opened the burial chamber of the 14th century pharaoh King Tutankhamun in the tomb

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The earliest known star map in Egypt was discovered more than eighty years ago and represented the central part of the tomb's decoration; inside the

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Valley of the Kings was protected by a goddess called Meretseger, according to an ancient Egyptian legend. The goddess took the form of

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This statue dates to the Pre-dynastic era and it could be the first known representation of a pharaoh, but the name of this

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, several protective deities were depicted as dwarves featuring a lion's mane, ears, and tail, and often wearing a plumed headdress. Such