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The coffins of Edi, found in the hidden burial chamber. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Hidden Chamber Found in Ransacked Egyptian Tomb

All That History October 4, 2024

Something new has been discovered in an ancient Egyptian tomb. A hidden chamber set into...

The Bronze Sword of Ramesses II (Interesting Engineering / Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

3,000 Year Old Sword of a Pharoah Discovered in Egypt

All That History September 23, 2024

An excavation team led by Dr. Ahmed Saeed El-Kharadly have uncovered an ancient sword in...

We understand every word of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, and yet nothing about what it is trying to tell us. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.

The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus

All That History September 16, 2024

Ever wondered why proponents of medieval alchemy thought they could turn lead into gold? Such...

The Beast of Set resembles an aardvark, but also a dog, a lion, a jackal and yet has features of none of these. What could it be? Source: A. Parrot / Public Domain.

The Beast of Set, the Unknown Creature at the Heart of Ancient Egypt

All That History August 26, 2024

The Egyptian pantheon of gods is among the most familiar to the modern world. Although...

It is theorized that the mastaba tombs which surround the earliest Egyptian pyramids, including those at Giza, may be designed to contain deadly radioactive uranium. Source: MagisterDawn / CC BY 3.0.

The Radioactive Guardian of the Egyptian Afterlife

All That History August 12, 2024

The pyramids were old for most of Egyptian history. Of the three great kingdoms that...

The Great Pyramids of Giza are the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Yasser Nazmi / CC BY-SA 3.0)

So, What Exactly is Hidden Inside the Great Pyramid?

All That History August 1, 2024

There is no site more emblematic and obviously ancient Egyptian than the pyramids at Giza....