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Discover the ancient secrets of beer brewing in ancient Egypt! Uncover the purpose of the Tri-Lobed Disc and its efficient role in mashing. Explore the fascinating world of ancient mash tuns and ritual beer brewing at the Sun Temple of Nyuserre.

Discover the 9 buildings you should visit in Egypt.

Archaeologists have unveiled their latest discovery at Saqqara in Egypt. The tomb is set to provide a window into the era of King Ramses II.

Cairo, Oct 31 (IANS) An archaeological mission from the Cairo University has discovered the interior of a tomb at the Saqqara necropolis near Giza Pyramids, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement.

Spectacular things were happening in Mesopotamia in the period we call the Early Bronze Age, particularly in the southern part of it, commonly called Babylonia.

Ninsun is a female figure found in Sumerian mythology. She is a goddess whose parents are the deities Anu (the sky god) and Uras (a goddess of the earth).

2021-05-27 01:56:39 GMT2021-05-27 09:56:39(Beijing Time) Xinhua English Tourists visit the Step Pyramid complex in the Saqqara necropolis near the capital Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2021. The Step Pyramid, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was designed and built by the architect Imhotep in the 27th century BC during the Third Dynasty to hold the mummy of Pharaoh Djoser. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen) Photo taken on May 26, 2021 shows the Step Pyramid in the Saqqara necropolis near the capital Cairo, Egy...

What these distinctions have in common in Abrahamic history is socio-political influence. Yahweh communed with chosen individuals in dreams and visions as their cultures built up power and influence, tried to hold onto it, and succumbed to their successors. The ‘seers’ of these messages acted as divine vessels to common people and kings, establishing laws, endorsing holy wars, maintaining social and political order, bearing omens of exile, persecution, worship of pagan deities like Baal, an...

In The Ur III Administrative Texts from Puzrish-Dagan Kept in the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Changyu Liu offers an edition of a collection of 689 cuneiform clay tablets kept in the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (HMANE, formerly Harvard Semitic Museum), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. These administrative documents date to the Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III, ca. 2112–2004 BCE) of Mesopotamian history and are from Puzrish-Dagan (modern Drehem in southern Iraq). T...

1. I. The pyramids of Egypt have survived time and weather. 2. II. The pyramids were constructed as burial places for the ancient Egyptian royal family members. 2.1. The ancient Egyptians believed in life after death. 2.1.1. They prepared for their afterlife by building tombs (pyramids) and collecting possessions to put into the tombs. 2.1.2. They had their bodies preserved from decay by embalming. 2.1.3. The believed that the dead person could take his or her earthly possessions along to the n...