An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

Dr. Marshall King, assistant professor of Biblical Studies Every archaeologist knows the rule: the richest material lies below the destruction layer. I did not expect God to prove the […] ...

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The display includes artifacts and watercolor paintings of tomb artwork that were created during Penn Museum excavations from 1921 to 1923.

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The price of covering a room in the prized pigment was equal to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary's annual salary, a ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Athribis in Upper Egypt have now cataloged more than 43,000 inscribed pottery ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered 3,000 new ostraca at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, bringing the total number of inscribed pottery fragments found there to about 43,000.

A joint archaeological mission by the University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has ...

That the famous Egyptian blue was a prized pigment in antiquity is a long-established fact: this vivid color was commonly ...