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The biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of reparations after enslavement.
People have painted on cave walls and written on clay and wax tablets, papyrus and paper made from wood. Could screens replace paper someday?
We sometimes call Egypt the ‘civilisation without cities’. The Lost Golden City of Amenhotep III will bring new understanding of Ancient Egyptian urban life.
CT scans of the mummy revealed new injuries.
Though often seen as placid, turtles have been depicted as powerful, fighting animals since ancient times. One of the most famous battleships, the Korean Geobukseon, was called the ‘Turtle Ship’.
Natural landscape changes in the Nile Delta may have not only stimulated local take up of farming technologies, but might also have played a role in the emergence of the first “nation state”.
Believed to possess magical qualities, amulets were once widely used. They range from amber pendants worn during Denmark’s Mesolithic age to wind chimes found at Pompeii.
As US protesters deface monuments of once revered leaders, they are drawing from an ancient tradition used by both marginalized people and those in power.
Through archaeological studies of architecture, excavated trade goods, and ecofacts we can trace globalisation back thousands of years.
An estimated 1.75 million ibises were deposited at a single location in ancient Egypt. But the birds disappeared entirely from the region around 1850, and no one knows why.
What ancient crop genomes can tell us about our history.
Stone Age people in Egypt showed great respect for their dead, providing a glimpse of what was to come in the Dynastic period.
In the shadow of the pyramids of Giza, lie the tombs of the courtiers and officials who built these vast structures.
Ancient quarry workers left messages carved on walls like a 4,500-year-old form of social media.
Tapping into ancient knowledge can help us feel connected to our ancestors – but that doesn’t mean we should take their advice.
A body in an Italian museum reveals that Egyptians living 1,500 or more years before the Pharaohs already knew how to preserve bodies.
The persistent stigma surrounding incontinence has paralysed today’s inventive minds.
How 4,000-year-old papyrus letters prompted the queen of crime fiction to write Death Comes as the End.
From the Temple of Heliopolis to the centre of Rome, the massive stone column has boosted the egos of several powerful men.
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Heritage, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, Classics, University of Glasgow
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Docteur en Egyptologie, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier III