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The Egyptologists’ Guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

01/06/2026

After more than a decade of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, has fully opened its exhibitions, including the long-awaited King Tutankhamun halls. Originally announced in 2002, the idea for the museum …

Метки : музейархитектураискусстводревний египет#культураоткрытия

2,000-Year-Old ‘Industrial Complex’ and Roman Cemetery Found in Egypt

01/02/2026

Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an “extensive industrial complex” from as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. as well as a Roman cemetery that suggests the area was fertile ground for civilization …

Метки : археологиядревний египетримская эпохакультурные связипогребальные обычаицивилизация

Artifacts Help Archaeologists Identify When Egyptian Pharaoh Ruled

12/02/2025

Two scholars used radiocarbon dating to determine when Pharaoh Nebpehtire Ahmose reigned over Egypt, providing scholars with the ability to better understand events described in the Book of Exodus and a volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea. The study, published …

Метки : археологиядревний египетфараонырадиоуглеродное датированиекнига исходавулкан тера-санторини

Ancient Egyptian Iconography Found in Roman-Era Bathhouse in Turkey

10/10/2025

Experts identified ancient Egyptian iconography in a Roman-era bathhouse in Sagalassos, Turkey, marking what some have described as the first-known instance of this imagery used outside Egypt for ornamental purposes. Depicted on the lintel of the bathhouse doorway is the …

Метки : сагаласосдревний египетархеологияримская эпохакультурное наследиеистория.

Ancient Egyptian Relief Disappears from Saqqara Necropolis

10/09/2025

A rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief depicting the seasons of the ancient Egyptian calendar is missing from Egypt’s famed necropolis Saqqara. The theft was reported in a statement by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Sunday. A British mission had …

Метки : саккаракражаархеологиядревний египетрельефискусство

Statue Left Behind by Grave Robbers Unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt

10/01/2025

Archaeologists unearthed an unusual stone statue from one of the oldest stone structures in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt. Left behind by grave robbers and lost to the sands of time, the statue was found by archaeologists working at Gisr …

Метки : археологиядревний египетсаккарастатуяискусствонаходка

Researchers Replicate Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment

06/04/2025

A team led by Washington State University has successfully recreated a millennia-old pigment first synthesized in ancient Egypt. Egyptian Blue is considered the the oldest manufactured pigment in history. The pigment was widely used to adorn stone objects used in …

Метки : искусствонаукадревний египетисследованияпигментыистория.

A Trove of Ancient Jewelry Discovered At Egypt's Karnak Temples

03/07/2025

A collection of jewelry dating back to the early 26th Dynasty has been found by archaeologists during excavation work in the northwestern part of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. The Temple of Karnak is one of Egypt’s most significant …

Метки : раскопкихрам карнакдревний египетархеологиясокровищакультурное наследие