After the British defeated the French, they took some of their most important finds, including the Rosetta Stone and the sarcophagus of the last Egyptian pharaoh. Later, the British Consul-General ...

Zodiac symbols are completely unattested in Egyptian rock art, making this image the only known example. By studying the history of the zodiac sign, its introduction into Egypt, and its use ...

The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical properties. It was used in the worship of the goddess Hathor, mythological ...

who go on to explain that zodiac signs are “otherwise absent from the known corpus of Egyptian petroglyphs.” Reviewing the symbol’s history, the researchers note that the appearance of a ...

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The term Egyptian cotton gets thrown around a lot as shorthand for very fancy sheets, but not all Egyptian cotton is created equal. Some sheets made from Egyptian cotton will be certified as such ...

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A sarcophagus like this one, executed in Roman sculptural style but with a Greek subject, would have provided both a final resting place for the body or bodies and a lasting tribute to the wealth and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt pried open a mysterious, 2,000-year-old sarcophagus found in the port city of Alexandria earlier this month. While some had thought the sarcophagus may contain royalty, or ...