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How Did The Egyptians Build The Pyramids? Inside This Unsolved Ancient Mystery
"The pyramids are there as mountains of stone proving the otherworldly nature of their god-kings. You stand in front of those ...
'Royal Egyptian inscription' of Ramesses III's name is first of its kind discovered in Jordan
Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...
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Ancient Rameses III Inscription Found Etched Into Remote Jordanian Mountainside
The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...
What the ancient world can teach us about death
In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...
Archaeologists Dug Under an Ancient Greek City—and Found a 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Settlement
On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...
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An Egyptian Temple Reborn
In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...
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What Is Passover and Its Meaning? All About the Jewish Holiday, the Passover Story in the Bible and More
What Is the Meaning of Passover? The Passover meaning is to honor the Israelites escaping the smite of God in ancient Egypt. When Hebrews were enslaved in Egypt, God unleashed 10 plagues on Egypt ...
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Here’s a look at Passover traditions that begin at sundown April 12
In simple terms, Moses returned to Egypt to free the Israelites from Pharoah after God told him Israel is his first born son. When Pharoah refused to let them go, God said he would put to death ...