With the death of young Princess Setepenra, a royal line flickered out. Born to Akhenaten and Nefertiti as their revolution crumbled, her six short years became a symbol of an ending. We explore her ...
A newly discovered body of an ancient Egypitan woman reveals that the Amarna people used hair extensions in their coiffures During recent excavation work at Tel Al-Amarna city – the ancient Egyptian ...
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The Amarna Letters are not only a testament to the sophisticated diplomatic art of antiquity. Studying ancient diplomatic letters is a way to understand the past, interpret the present, and predict ...
New insights reveal where Bronze Age Mycenae's gold may have originated, from Thrace to Egypt and further afield.
"This catalogue accompanies an exhibition held at San Francisco State University, November 4 through November 23, 1991"--T.p. verso. siris_sil_879594 ...
Kiya, a secondary wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten is one of the most shadowy royals of the Amarna Period. Virtually nothing is known about her origin or the reasons for her disappearance. All that is ...
Masonry walls predating both structures were also unearthed, allowing archaeologists to track how the site developed from the early nineteenth century. In addition, they discovered a network of brick ...
JEBEL KHAYYABER, IRAQ—Ancient written sources record that when Alexander the Great returned to Mesopotamia from the Indus Valley around 324 b.c., he founded a strategic new port in the region, known ...