Egypt minister says 'very strange' animal has been discovered Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The ancient Egyptians held cats in the highest esteem, with penalties for injuring or killing the feline animals and around 3,000BC, they worshipped a Cat Goddess, often represented as half feline, half woman, whom they called Bastet. The most famous of these mythical creatures is the Great Sphinx of Giza – this limestone statue, with the body of a lion and head of a human, can be found on the Giza Plateau protecting the pharaoh Khufu in his colossal pyramid behind. However, it may have been more than just an ancient ruler’s mind running wild after … [Read more...] about Real-life Sphinx found? Egypt archaeologists probe ‘strange lion-like’ creature
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Egypt: How 3,000-year-old ‘confession’ scroll exposed ancient tomb secrets
Egypt: Ancient court documents reveal tomb raiding secrets Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The papers, known as the Amherst Papyrus, date back to 1100BC and are part of original court records dealing with tomb robberies under Ramses IX. It reveals the confessions of eight men who broke into the tomb of Sobekemsaf II, Pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty, and a description of the reconstruction of the crime. Bettany Hughes revealed during her Channel 5 show “Egypt’s Greatest Treasures” how its discovery helps explain why this ancient society went from burying royalty in pyramids to tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Related articles … [Read more...] about Egypt: How 3,000-year-old ‘confession’ scroll exposed ancient tomb secrets
Egypt breakthrough: How ancient mythical kingdom was uncovered in ‘remarkable discovery’
Egypt: Archaeologists use science to discover location of Punt Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Land of Punt was said to be a place of “wonderful things,” and it is recorded in ancient Egyptian history as early as the Fourth Dynasty under the Pharaoh Khufu, with the location celebrated in popular Egyptian literature “Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor” 4,000 years ago. Tomb inscriptions reveal how in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Queen Hatshepsut built a Red Sea fleet to facilitate trade between the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and points south as far as Punt to bring mortuary goods to Karnak in exchange for Nubian gold. Hieroglyphs detail much … [Read more...] about Egypt breakthrough: How ancient mythical kingdom was uncovered in ‘remarkable discovery’