Ancient Egypt

The Obelisks of Ancient Egypt

One of the oldest and most iconic structures of ancient Egypt is the obelisk. A rising tower of stone, it...

19/01/2018

Hawara mummies created a sensation when they were discovered, and in 1997 visitors to the British Museum found the first...

06/02/2016

The fashion for “Egyptian” design that swept Europe after Bonaparte’s expedition was actually a revival of sorts. Europeans had drawn...

28/05/2014

While there was a considerable difference in the housing of the upper and lower middle classes, this did not apply...

19/05/2013

At some point around 1375 BC (Egyptian chronology is not yet an exact science) a flotilla made its way along...

21/04/2012

It has nothing to do with Cleopatra. The needle which is one of a pair (the other one now being...

04/03/2012