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  1. Ancient tombs concealed extraordinary surprises: massive ships, royal children, afterlife games, thousands of warriors, and even pyramids hidden inside other pyramids for centuries. #AncientTombs #Archaeology #AncientEgypt #TerracottaArmy #HistoryMysteries
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/videos/biz

  2. 6,000-year-old necropolis and ancient settlement found in Egypt’s eastern Delta

    Egyptian archaeologists have found a large cemetery and a residential area at Kom el-Khilgan in Dakahlia Governorate. The site records human activity from the Predynastic Period through the Greek and Roman eras. The cemetery began during the first half of the fourth millennium BCE, when Lower Egyptian culture...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/08/nec

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    #archaeology #archeology #ancientegypt

  3. Curiosity Sphere @curiositysphereblog.wordpress.com@curiositysphereblog.wordpress.com ·

    The Library of Alexandria: The Greatest Knowledge Lost in History

    Discover the fascinating story of the Library of Alexandria, the world's greatest ancient library, why it disappeared, and how its loss changed hsitory forever.

    curiositysphereblog.wordpress.

  4. Bath complex from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods with circular pools found in Egypt

    Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the first fully documented bathing complex at Tell Nasser, an ancient site in the Port Said archaeological area. The find came during the first excavation season at the site, about 40 kilometers south of Port Said in the eastern Nile Delta...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/08/bat

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    #archaeology #ptolemaic #romanarchitecture #ancientegypt

  5. Ancient Egyptian grave stelae, coffins, and amulets found at Tell El-Deir funerary center

    Archaeologists have uncovered a group of carved grave stelae, pottery coffins, and funerary amulets at Tell El-Deir in Egypt’s Damietta Governorate. The new evidence points to Tell El-Deir as far more than a simple burial ground. Archaeologists say the site served as a large funerary center where

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/egy

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    #archaeology #anthropology #egyptology #ancientegypt

  6. Los antiguos egipcios creían que los escarabajos se generaban espontáneamente. El viaje de los escarabajos peloteros se comparaba con el solar, por lo que eran símbolos de regeneración. Lo que simboliza este amuleto de comienzos de la dinastía XII, durante el reinado de Amenemhat I y Sesostris I (c. 1981-1950 a.C.). Al ser de amatista, una piedra semipreciosa, la cara plana no tiene inscripciones. 🏛️MET #antiguoegipto #ancientegypt

  7. For those with an interest in ancient Egyptian history (and who doesn't?!), you may know of the Ptolemaic kingdom, an ancient Greek royal dynasty based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Founded in 305 BCE by Ptolemy I Soter, a general of Alexander the Great, it lasted nearly 300 years until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemai

    William E. Daehn has written a new book: Historical and Numismatic Timeline of the Ptolemaic Empire which looks quite interesting (though doesn't appear to be available outside the US yet). See this article in E-Sylum: coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n3

    #Numismatics #History #Histodons #CoinCollecting #AncientEgypt #AncientCoin #AncientCoins #Ptolemy @numismatics @histodons

  8. Egyptian Scene Showing a Captured Ostrich and Man with Ostrich Feathers and Eggs (1926) by O. Keller, from Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times.

    Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Biodiversity Heritage Library

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    #hunting #eggs #whatdoostricheseat #ancientegypt #naturalhistory #feathers #ostriches #birds #anthropology #bookillustration #art #publicdomain