The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun
July 12, 2024
Uncovering a Wealth of Information Using Everyday Objects The tomb of Tutankhamun, opened up by Howard Carter and his team in November 1922, is the only “essentially intact” pharaoh’s tomb… READ MORE
Category: Egyptian Archaeology
The Archaeology of Egypt’s Western Desert
March 28, 2022
Searching for a Needle in a Sand Dune RICHARD J. LONG, author of The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II, has worked with the Dakhleh Oasis Project since 2004. In this… READ MORE
Did The Exodus Really Happen?
October 20, 2021
In celebration of his new title, The Exodus, Peter Feinman discusses everything from his inspiration to the questions he seeks to answer about The Exodus, and the Bible, through this… READ MORE
A Rare Ancient Egyptian Shroud in Norwich
February 12, 2020
Author FAYE KALLONIATIS delves into the story of one of the many fascinating objects from the Egyptian collection at Norwich Castle Museum – a crumpled textile shroud which turned out… READ MORE
Abolished, Annihilated, Vaporized: Is Destroying a Statue Destroying History?
August 21, 2017
After demonstrations in Virginia over the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee left one dead and dozens injured, the question of whether such statues should… READ MORE
Exploring the Past Through Ancient Egyptian Furniture
May 26, 2017
We don’t often pay that much attention to the furniture that we use every day. But author and guest blogger GEOFFREY KILLEN, who studies the furniture of Ancient Egypt, has… READ MORE
Houses of the Dead: 5 Unusual Tombs
November 26, 2016
On 16th February, 1923, Howard Carter unsealed one of the most famous tombs in history: the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Full of amazing treasures and containing the untouched mummy of the young… READ MORE
British Museum: Sunken Cities
November 10, 2016
This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the British Museums Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds exhibition. Featuring the finds from two cities, Canopus and Thonis-Hercaleion, that long ago vanished beneath… READ MORE
