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What it is: A wooden model with plaster, paint and linen decorations Where it is from: Thebes, Egypt (modern-day Luxor) When it was made: Circa 1980 B.C. Related: Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year ...
The tomb of Wahbire-merry-Neith, an ancient Egyptian commander of foreign soldiers, was uncovered by a Czech archaeological mission from Charles University in Abusir near Saqqara, Egypt.
This model boat, found in a royal tomb of the New Kingdom, is a scaled-down version of the full-size boat buried with Senwosret III at Abydos. Each vessel was made for the king to use in the next ...
After archaeologists found mummified cats and scarab beetles in tombs near Cairo, Newsround has been looking at other strange things that have been buried in ancient Egypt.
THE resting place of Egypt’s most powerful pharaoh has been discovered 3,000 years after his death in a secret tomb underneath a monastery. The resting place of Ramesses II was revealed by ...
Egypt’s Mammal Extinctions Tracked Through 6,000 Years of Art Tomb goods and historical texts show how a drying climate and an expanding human population took their toll on the region’s wildlife ...
A 3,800-Year-Old Boat-Tomb Was Unearthed in Egypt. ... Egyptian kings simply had model-sized boats entombed with them for their journey to the underworld, along with many other lavish treasures.
This clay model of four cows was made in Egypt over 5000 years ago. It was placed in a grave, ... Later Egyptian tomb paintings show cattle pulling plows and being milked.
When archaeologist Howard Carter and colleagues discovered King Tut's tomb 100 years ago, he reported seeing "wonderful things." Here are 30 lavish findings from the ancient Egyptian burial.
The discovery made headlines around the world when it was first announced in July 2018: Archaeologists had unearthed an ancient Egyptian “funeral home” deep beneath the sands of Saqqara, a ...
The enormous tomb was that of Meketre, the chief steward of the pharaoh's household, who died around 1980 B.C., in Egypt's 12th dynasty during the Middle Kingdom, a period known for its ...
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