Let’s hear it for ambitious kids! A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling.

Go back in time to ancient Egypt. Thousands of years, in fact. Their influence on modern life can be seen in our language, art, engineering, and more. Gain a new appreciation for ancient Egyptian ...

In ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. When the ancient Egyptians built their giant pyramids, they wanted to ...

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A review of how ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were first translated 200 years ago, and a look at the archaeological work now being done in Egypt to understand one of the empire’s most important ...

Archaeologists determined that a fragment of a sarcophagus hidden beneath a Coptic building's floor once belonged to Ramesses II. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ever wondered what Cleopatra might have reached for when she had a headache? Or what remedies filled the medicine cabinets of pyramid builders? Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing ...

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