In the shadow of the pyramids of Giza, lie the tombs of the courtiers and officials who built these vast structures.
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Ancient quarry workers left messages carved on walls like a 4,500-year-old form of social media.
Tapping into ancient knowledge can help us feel connected to our ancestors – but that doesn’t mean we should take their advice.
A body in an Italian museum reveals that Egyptians living 1,500 or more years before the Pharaohs already knew how to preserve bodies.
The persistent stigma surrounding incontinence has paralysed today’s inventive minds.
How 4,000-year-old papyrus letters prompted the queen of crime fiction to write Death Comes as the End.
From the Temple of Heliopolis to the centre of Rome, the massive stone column has boosted the egos of several powerful men.
Cosmic particles called muons may revolutionise many areas of science.
Bones and texts showed how decades of strenuous hikes led to higher levels of osteoarthritis in workers’ knees and ankles in an ancient Egyptian village.
The belief that ancient Egyptians needed help from supernatural beings to built the Giza pyramids relies, unavoidably, on racism and colonial attitudes.
Tut-mania reigned in the 1920s – and keeps returning to haunt us.
Mummies are scary but they also fascinate us, giving us the feeling that we can vanquish time by preserving our most perishable feature: flesh.
The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe, is the latest manifestation of our centuries old fascination with Egypt. But beneath this obsession is a darker story of looting and destruction.
Research has confirmed a knife found in the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was made with metal from the heavens.
The ancient Egyptians knew a thing or two about how to produce a vibrant blue pigment for their tombs and coffins. Now it’s being used to help find fingerprints.
It takes more than a quick scan for high-tech archaeology to reveal history’s secrets.
Think atomic theory was invented in the 19th century? Try 5th century BC.
In an attempt to revive Egypt’s crucial tourism industry, its government has launched a series of sensational projects.
Egyptian mummies have fascinated Europeans since the 5th century, but a new exhibition considers the more recent role they have played in medicine, art and popular culture – and the ethics of their display in museums.
Records show that the Egyptian state provided health care to workers building royal tombs more than 3,000 years ago. But it was more about productivity than altruism.
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Lecturer in Museum and Curatorial Studies, University of Adelaide
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Manchester
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Lecturer, Classics, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow in Ancient History, Macquarie University
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Experimental Officer and Geophysical Researcher, University of Southampton
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Griffith University
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Post-doctoral research fellow in Egyptology, University of Sydney
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Docteur en Egyptologie, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier III
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PhD Archaeology. Lecturer and Tutor in Ancient World Studies., The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Griffith University
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
