At a rock art site located on the western bank of the Nile River, an ancient Egyptian petroglyph depicting a zodiac sign was discovered. It is the only known example of its kind. The image is of ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band ... the necropolis on the other side of the Nile from the modern ...

The Ancient Egyptians called The Nile 'Ar' which meant black, because that was the colour of the soil and silt left behind after theflooding. Some years though the river didn't flood properly ...

It’s nearing the end of my 11-day Egypt experience, and there’s always something new to see. It’s easy to sit on the deck of the sleek Viking river ship—one of six in the cruise line’s Nile fleet—and ...

With each new discovery and study, archeologists a better understanding of how Egypt's Great Pyramids were originally made.

The pyramids of Egypt fascinated travellers and conquerors in ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in the tourists, mathematicians, and archeologists who visit, explore, measure, and describe ...

The ancient Egyptians based their farming around the annual flooding of the River Nile. There were three seasons in the Egyptian calendar: Akhet Also called the Season of the Inundation.

Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are ... Embalming became an art—practiced in booths set up along the banks of the Nile river. A top-notch embalming job took seventy ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian ... to a range of other concepts about the Nile waters, Egypt as a whole, healing and whole ...