Have you ever played archeologist and found a bone?

I found this interesting...

With Christmas only a few weeks away, it might be interesting to see some photos of how the festive season was celebrated in the Third Reich. Here is a picture of Goebbels at a function where 500...

From the guardian today.
Archaeologists in Egypt unearth 57 ornate ancient tombs
Associated Press in Cairo
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 23 May 2010 18.25 BST
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Archaeologists have unearthed...

Location: Alexandria, Egypt

Architect: Jacques Rougerie Architect
Depth: 7m / 23ft
Diameter: 40m / 131ft
Area: 22000 sqm / 236800 sqf
Status: Approved
Construction start: 2010

Egypt has a very special environment, which has played a very big part in Egyptian history. Basically Egypt is really part of the Sahara Desert, which runs all across the top of Africa . But the...

Travel to Hurghada, which is a beautiful Egyptian city based on the Red Sea. The Hurghada city came into existence during the early 20th century, and from the year 1980s the city emerged as a leading...

A cat is a cat is a cat, wrote e.e. cummings. And history would seem to agree with this distinguished poet. According to earliest records, the first sign of domestication of the cat dates back 8,000...

Egypt wants to borrow the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum after winning a battle with France over ownership of painted rock fragments “stolen” from the Valley of the Kings.
By Samer al-Atrush...

True historical data on bellydance is fragmentary -- there is relatively little documentation on women's work and activities throughout the age of literacy. Current theories on the history of...

The Nile River is named for the Semitic word Nahal and later for the Greek word Nelios, which means “River Valley.” The ancient Egyptians called it “River of Life.”

The Nile and its tributaries flow...

A climb up Anfish Mountain is a good start to every visit to Hurghada. Many of the most significant landmarks and monuments in the Hurghada region are located in the desert an hour or two away by car...

CAIRO – Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress...

SAQQARA, Egypt (AP) -- Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that remains largely unexplored and has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids...

Ancient Emerald Mines, Red Sea.

The emerald is the oldest known gemstone. Uniquely green in color and widely used in jewelry, emeralds were prized and cherished as symbols of eternity and power...

Located in Kanais, east of Edfu along the desert road to Marsa Alam, lies a small rock-cut temple built by Seti I (1305-1290 BC).

Unfortunately, you will only be able to view the entrance of the...

El Quseir is a little dozy town with a long important past. From Queen Hatchepsut's army to the Sultan's pilgrims bound to Mecca, from the Roman centurions to the Renaissance Arab merchants, many...

The monastery, named after the father of Christian monasticism, was built two kilometers south of the cave where St Anthony (c. 251-356 AD) retreated to pursue an isolated ascetic life.

Today,...

The Monastery of St Paul is considered Christianity's first ascetic hermit. His remains are kept in one of the monastery's three churches built in and around the cave where he once lived and...