Egypt ,The Historical & Modern Land

01/01/2026

06/05/2025

Cleopatra the last queen of Egypt
Cleopatra VII was the last queen of Egypt, ruling from 51 to 30 BCE. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, descended from Ptolemy I Soter, a general of Alexander the Great.

05/04/2025

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You won’t believe what they just discovered under the Great Pyramid! 😲 Yep, scientists found hidden secret chambers that have been sealed off for thousands ...

05/05/2024

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06/01/2024

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Study Identifies Childbirth Death

According to a Live Science report, a new study of the mummified remains of a teenager recovered in Egypt in 1908 has revealed that she died while giving birth to twins. The girl is thought to have stood about five feet tall and weighed between 100 and 120 pounds at the time of her death. The remains of one fetus, bandaged and placed with the placenta between the girl’s legs, was discovered during an initial examination in 1908. The second fetus was first spotted in the mummy’s chest cavity in 2019, when archaeologist Francine Margolis took a CT scan of the remains. She and David Hunt of George Washington University have now X-rayed the mummy for another look. “When we saw the second fetus we knew we had a unique find and a first for ancient Egyptian archaeology,” she said. The researchers concluded that the teen died in labor, when the head of the first fetus became trapped in the birth canal. The remains of the second fetus are thought to have shifted into the chest cavity during the mummification process. The mummy’s head is missing, although photographs taken of it in 1908 are available. “If we found her head and her teeth are present, destructive testing on teeth and hair could provide information on her diet and metabolic stress she was experiencing during her life,” Margolis said. Read the original scholarly article about this research in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. To read about noninvasive CT scanning of Egyptian mummies, go to "Inside a Pharaoh's Coffin," one of ARCHAEOLOGY's Top 10 Discoveries of 2022.

06/01/2024

Old Kingdom Tomb Discovered in Saqqara

CAIRO, EGYPT—
Ahram Online reports that a tomb dated to between 2649 and 2150 B.C. has been discovered in Saqqara by a team of Japanese and Egyptian archaeologists. Mustafa Waziri of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said that the remains of an adult, who was interred wearing a colored mask, and the burial of a small child were found in the rock-cut tomb. In this area of the necropolis, the researchers also uncovered burials from Egypt’s Late Period (712–332 B.C.) and the Ptolemaic period (304–30 B.C.), as well as an 18th Dynasty (1550–1295 B.C.) coffin containing a well-preserved alabaster vessel. Two terracotta statues of the goddess Isis; a terracotta statue of Harpocrates, a child deity; amulets; pottery models; and ostraca bearing hieratic inscriptions were also recovered. To read about another discovery from Saqqara, go to "Old Kingdom Tomb," one of ARCHAEOLOGY's Top 10 Discoveries of 2019.

10/12/2023

The moment of discovery in 2004 of an approximately 3,500-year-old burial mask. From the tomb of Djehuty, Karnak, Egypt.

10/12/2023

New discovery in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt, and looking as it was painted yesterday....

10/12/2023

Ancient Egyptian rock crystal ring carved in the shape of a sphinx dates back to 1295-1069 BC. The age and origins of the Great Sphinx of Giza remain a subject of debate among experts.
While many Egyptologists believe it was constructed during the Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2181 BC), there are no inscriptions from that era mentioning the Sphinx.
Geologist Robert Schoch proposed that water erosion on the Sphinx suggests it could be much older, possibly around 10,000 BC, dating back to the end of the last Ice Age. Schoch also questioned the head of the Sphinx, suggesting it might not be the original head and could have been placed there later.
Egyptologist Zahi Hawass countered Schoch's hypothesis, stating that no artifacts or inscriptions predate Egyptian civilization by more than 5,000 years.
Regarding erosion, some geologists suggest it could result from Nile river flooding, while others point to Haloclasty, a process involving moisture and salt crystals within limestone that can cause erosion when heated.

10/12/2023

In 1974 the mummy of Rameses II was to be sent to Paris for preservation and maintenance work. Because of French law, Egypt was forced to issue a passport for the mummy, 3000 years after he died. The date of birth reads 1303 B.C and his occupation was listed as "King (deceased).”