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Current news related to ancient civilizations, focusing on their origins and reasons for their demise. Much of the content includes speculative history as well as conventional accounts.
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Temple Images Show Pharaohs and Gods
Here are two photos released this week related to the significant discovery in the Sinai peninsula of four ancient Egyptian temples. Archaeologists believe the four and a brick fortified wall were a religious center at the eastern gateway to Egypt ar...
Tomb May Have Held Ramses' Granddaughter
Remnants of the noblewoman's sarcaphagus displays hieroglyphics.A 3,000-year-old tomb uncovered recently has been identified as belonging to a woman named Isisnofret, possibly the granddaughter of Pharaoh Ramses II, who reigned during the 13th centur...
Egypt Seeks Return of Pharaoh's Stolen Coffin
Egypt expects U.S. authorities to return a 3,000-year-old wooden coffin illegally smuggled out of Egypt more than a century ago. Zahi Hawass, head of Egyptian Antiquities, said the nearly 5-foot-long coffin was stolen in 1884 from a tomb in Luxor, an...
Statues of Amenhotep III are Unearthed
Egyptian and European archaeologists have discovered two statues of King Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt 3,400 years ago, the Supreme Council for Antiquities said yesterday. Chief Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawaas said the first statute was made of b...
