The world’s oldest dress dates back to around 3,482 BC, a new study has revealed. The “Tarkhan Dress”, which now looks more like a stained and tattered shirt, has been identified as Egypt’s oldest garment as well as the oldest surviving piece of woven clothing in the entire world. The researchers have also discovered what…
The variable star Algol, sometimes also known by its moniker 'Demon Star' (the name Algol itself is derived from the Arabic term for the Demon's Head - which probably denoted the head of Medusa) is famed for its 'winking' nature. This scope of variable brightness was possibly associated in ancient times with the winking eye…
A wall carving from Ancient Egypt makes a straightforward case for brutality, by entailing the punishment for stealing animal hides - '100 lashes and five wounds'. For long, researchers were confused about the literal nature of such a severe punishment. But now, it seems many of such harsh disciplinary and retributive actions were actually undertaken…
An amazingly-detailed mosaic, aged over 1500 years, was publicly showcased, for the first time today, at a festival in Israel. Discovered two years ago at the Kiryat Gat Industrial Park in the southern part of the country, the artifact depicts the map, of an ancient Egyptian city, complete with streets and buildings. According to the…
The “opening of the mouth” was an important ritual, conducted by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, that aimed at reinstating the deceased’s senses for survival in the afterlife. Described in great details in the funerary texts, like the Pyramid Texts, it usually took place after excerebration (or the removal of the brain) and…
A place which had supplied the huge sandstone volumes required for most of Ancient Egypt's great architectural endeavors like Karnak and Luxor, had 'monumental' secrets of its own. Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities had announced on 17th April the unearthing of a long forgotten temple at the famed Gebel el Silsila (also known as Kheny or…
Earlier, we talked about Ptolemaic Egypt's tax problems, as was evident from an analysed receipt that shows payment of over a whopping 230 lbs of coins. However, the 'Diadochi' State (successor of Alexander the Great's empire) also had some nifty medical tricks up its sleeve when it came to curing human ailments and conditions. One…
Tel Aviv might have been a beer-making hub for Egyptians in the early Bronze Age, as is attested by some newly found archaeological evidences from the coastal city. These finds pertain to a whopping 17 pits in a site (along Hamasger Street) that is all about to have new office buildings. So the researchers from…
A few days ago, we were witness to the fun and frolic side of Ancient Egyptian daily life - as depicted in a newly found tomb. Well, this time around, things turn out be pretty serious and 'demanding', as is evident from a translated Ancient Egyptian tax receipt. Mirroring our present-day complains with taxes, the…
The last place where you would expect color is inside a tomb. However, the newly found Egyptian T-shaped tomb in Luxor, a city along Nile which has often been dubbed as the "world's greatest open air museum", surprises with its vivacity - that is depicted by a series of fascinating murals of a couple in…