All Ancient Pages articles related to ancient Egypt in the sections of archaeology, history, civilizations, places, myths and legends, Biblical mysteries, ancient history facts, featured stories, ancient symbols and Vikings.
Egypt Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis in Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca (clay vessel fragments) which
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The theory there was once a second sphinx is not new, but despite many claims no-one has been able to provide solid evidence
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While excavating at the Saqqara necropolis a team of archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, head of the treasury during the reign of
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty is considered one of the most significant figures in ancient Egypt, closely associated with the South of Egypt and
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Heliopolis (" city of the Sun," or "city of pillars") was a city in ancient Egypt, located right at the apex of the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a recent announcement Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities told the press several magnificent ancient Egyptian artifacts will be sent on an
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Egypt have unearthed several interesting artifacts that were used in religious rituals for goddess Hathor. The ancient tools were discovered
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Djoser was possibly the founder of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom in Egypt. The Old Kingdom began with the third dynasty
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Egyptian goddess Nephthys - primarily associated with the myths of Heliopolis - was a funerary goddess and played a lesser role to her sister
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Black Pyramid, constructed under the reign of Amenemhat III, was initially erected as a monumental edifice that bore witness to the Pharaoh's
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - King Khufu's 4,600-year-old solar boat has been transported from the Pyramid's archaeological site to the Grand Egyptian Museum. Experts say it is the
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One would think respecting the remains of the dead should be self-evident, but it is not always so. It certainly wasn’t the case
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Considered the war god of Kush, Apedemak was worshiped in ancient Meroe, a once magnificent and wealthy capital in the kingdom of Kush
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Once known as the Kingdom of Cleopatra the ancient underwater city of Heracleion has revealed more of its many archaeological treasures. The 2,700-year-old
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Tahpanhes was once an important city to the people of the Kingdom of Judah and ancient Egyptians. From the thirty-ninth chapter of Jeremiah
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Pharaoh Thutmose IV reigned from 1400–1390 B.C., and had a special relationship with the Great Sphinx at Giza. According to Thutmose IV, the
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Ancient History Facts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient Egyptian egg ovens are an excellent example demonstrating one should not underestimate how clever our ancestors were. About 2,000 years ago,
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Being a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt could be honorable, prestigious, and dangerous. At the end of his rule, everything went wrong for Pharaoh
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A long time ago, a woman who lived in Thebes, Egypt, was mummified and placed inside a beautiful sarcophagus. The lady was a
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When Giovanni Battista Belzoni discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in 1817, he was astonished something so old could still be almost
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One can never get tired of admiring exquisite jewelry and other beautiful artifacts produced by ancient civilizations that were so artistic and creative.
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the largest and most complex pantheons of gods belongs to Egypt. In this pantheon, Hathor is a goddess of heaven and
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Greatly overshadowed by his son, Ramesses II, who is today hailed as the greatest Pharaoh of all times, Seti I did more for ancient
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many spectacular structures of antiquity, such as the pyramids, temples of Luxor and Karnak, Ramesseum, Abu Simbel, and others, attest to ancient Egypt's superior civilization. Abu
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Egyptologists have unearthed many magnificent tombs. However, there are still burial places belonging to some of the most influential people in Egypt's ancient
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Having a high opinion of himself and believing he was destined to become a great ruler, Pharaoh Ramesses II wanted the world to
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among the pyramid builders of the Old Kingdom (2686 – 2181) is king Unas (also Unis, Wenis) (2375-2345 BC). The pyramid of Unas at
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many amazing archaeological discoveries have been made in the Land of The Pharaohs. Still, archaeologists cannot often find nearly intact burials filled with
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Edfu temple is one of the most sacred buildings in Egypt. Known today as Idfu, the ancient city of Edfu located in
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Artifacts
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among many ancient weapons, we find their most unusual shapes. One such weapon is the bronze khopesh, a sickle-shaped sword, usually described as
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Egyptian Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egyptian mythology, Zep Tepi can be translated as the 'First Time.' It was during Zep Tepi Gods established their kingdom on
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians loved to dance. Several ancient Egyptian tomb paintings depict dancers in various forms of dress and many different postures. Dancing was
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The primeval goose shares a close relation with certain deities from ancient Egyptian mythology. Among these is Gengen-Wer, an archaic Egyptian god represented
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As the eldest son of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II had an obligation to expand the Achaemenid Empire founded by his father. It
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Compassion is not an emotion most associate with ancient Egyptian Pharaohs who could be fearless, harsh, and ruthless rulers. History judges Pharaohs by looking
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