Smithsonian Magazine

A Farmer in Egypt Stumbled Upon a Pink Stone and Called the Authorities. They Found the Remains of Two Colossal Statues of Ramses II Beneath the Property

Authorities think one of the statues might have originally stood nearly 28 feet tall. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via Facebook Farmer Khaled al-Shahat was working on his land in Egypt ...
Nature

From animal mummies to ancient diets: Salima Ikram reads Egypt’s past

When she was nine and a half, Salima Ikram visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and stopped in front of the painted statues of Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret. They looked so lifelike that she ...
The Guardian

Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed

Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when ...