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A copy of the Decree of Canopus, which was vital in breaking the enigma of hieroglyphics, has been found at a site north of ...

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I’M grasping the rope so tightly that I almost forget to listen to hot air balloon pilot Mahmoud as he recalls the story of Egypt’s temple of Hatshepsut, which is growing bigger as we approach. It ...

The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE) was established in 1962 to foster scholarly research into the art, archaeology, languages, history, and social systems of the Egyptian ...

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A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

The Rohonc Codex is one of the most enigmatic manuscripts in existence, an illustrated book filled with hundreds of unknown ...

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs stand as one of history’s most remarkable forms of written communication. Combining artistry with language, these intricate symbols recorded the beliefs, achievements, and ...

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

Memory can be a tricky thing. We have memories we create, those that people create for us and learned memories, such as math. As a person who’s spent a lot of time doing oral interviews, I keep that ...