Articles for tag: ancient egypt, Ancient History, Ancient rituals, archaeology, Egyptology

two white crocodile skulls

How Ancient Egyptians May Have Mummified Crocodiles Based on Fossil Finds

Suhail Ahmed

Under the desert’s hard light, a new picture is forming of how ancient Egyptians turned one of the Nile’s most fearsome hunters into sacred relics. Recent fossil finds and scans of crocodile mummies suggest a surprisingly simple, sometimes brutal routine – more sun and sand than secret potions. For years, scholars assumed thick resins, natron ...

Capture of the iconic Pyramids of Giza under a clear blue sky with camels traversing the sandy desert.

Khufu’s Hidden River: Ancient Waterway Helped Construct the Great Pyramid

Jan Otte

For millennia, the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza has remained among the most enigmatic puzzles in history. Over 2.3 million stone blocks, each averaging two tons, how did an ancient civilization without modern machinery move and assemble? A long-lost branch of the Nile buried for millennia may have been the secret road used ...