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Photo of the Sphinx in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza on a sunny day

The Great Pyramid of Giza is surprisingly earthquake-proof

Ramses II statue

Archaeologists discover 7-foot-tall statue of legendary Egyptian pharaoh

Papyrus fragments featuring portion of 'The Iliad'

Egyptian mummy discovered stuffed with excerpt from ‘The Iliad’

CT scan of mummy foot, viewed from the side

It’s a bird! It’s a head! No, it’s a mummified foot.

Egyptian child mummy on CT scan bed

Mystery item spotted in 2,000-year-old Egyptian child mummy

Bow drill in action, New Kingdom tomb painting from Western Thebes, Tomb of Rekhmire, object 31.6.25, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain

Forgotten hand tool rewrites ancient Egyptian history

Close up of Egyptian ceramic vessel with inscriptions

Opium may have been a daily habit for Ancient Egyptians

Karnak Temple next to the Nile River and palm trees

Vast ancient Egyptian temple dated to Old Kingdom

Artifacts found while Dr. Kathleen Martínez searches for Cleopatra's tomb.

The search for Cleopatra’s long-lost tomb leads to sunken seaport

By Laura Baisas

Study diagram of ancient Egyptian cow bone whistle

Ancient Egypt’s cemetery police blew bone whistles made from cow toes

Illustration of suspension bridge connecting mainland Italy to Sicily

World’s longest suspension bridge may finally link Sicily to mainland Italy

Facial reconstruction of the individual from Nuwayrat using 3D scan data of the skull and analysis of the bones.

First complete ancient Egyptian DNA genome reveals his occupation

An Egyptian artifact with flecks of Egyptian dye being examined by researcher

Scientists recreate lost recipes for a 5,000-year-old Egyptian blue dye

Nut’s cosmological vignette on the outer coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet in the collection of Odessa Archaeological Museum OAM 52976 (C107). Nut’s body is covered in stars as well as a thick, undulating black curve that runs from the soles of her feet to the tips of her fingers. This curve, surrounded by stars on both sides, is reminiscent of the Milky Way’s Great Rift. Credit: Mykola Tarasenko; Odessa Archaeological Museum, NASU

Tomb art suggests Egyptian sky goddess wore the Milky Way galaxy

An Egyptian pharaoh tomb excavation site with people working

A mystery pharaoh’s massive tomb was discovered in Egypt

Egyptian relief artwork of Thutmose II

Pharaoh’s tomb is the biggest ancient Egyptian discovery since King Tutankhamun

A selection of the mummified bodies in the exhibition area of the Egyptian museum in Cairo.

What do Egyptian mummies smell like? Surprisingly pleasant.

a skull next to a yellow note that reads: "Skull from Ephesus.”

Sorry, this skull does not belong to Cleopatra’s sister

By Laura Baisas

Pyramids in Giza

Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA

Various images of Bes mugs

Ancient Egyptian ritual potion included hallucinogens and bodily fluids