Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all great civilizations were hierarchal societies sustained by enslaved labor.

Mysterious ruins found in Egypt offer new proof for the Bible story of Moses

Archaeologists have discovered in Egypt what they said provides tangible evidence for the story of Moses in the Bible's Book ...
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Potters linking ancient trade and communities

By Karen Taylor Known in English as china, porcelain was first made in China and became representative of the country, after ...

Earliest long-snouted crocodile fossil from Egypt traces the African origins of marine crocs

Egyptian paleontologists have unearthed Wadisuchus kassabi, an 80-million-year-old fossil revealing Africa as the birthplace ...
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Napoleon's Egypt Campaign Mapped

This episode retraces Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign through the lens of Google Earth, following the 1798 expedition that aimed ...
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Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charles Vanthournout, Université de Lorraine (THE CONVERSATION) When Napoleon embarked ...