Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

In the previous post, Biomedical Egyptology, we saw how the team at the University of Manchester are using multidisciplinary, investigative methods using tissue and hair samples of ancient Egyptian Mummies to scientifically analyse and understand ancient Egyptian pharmacy and pharmacology. Purchase the Book from the Talking Pyramids Book Shop In their book Egyptian Mummies and [...]

The KNH Centre at the Manchester University has created a new podcast featuring Dr Joyce Tyldesley, post doc research associate Jacqueline Campbell and final year PhD student Natalie McCreesh. In the video they discuss their work on pharmacy and hair. Watch the documentary on Biomedical Egyptology: Natalie McCreesh is doing her PhD on annalysing hair [...]

FORA TV has a video online featuring Dr Zahi Hawass, speaking at the Entertainment Gathering 2008 held in Monterey, California earlier this month. Hawass discusses his exploration of the shafts of the Great Pyramid, investigating the tunnels under the sphinx, identifying mummies through CT scans, and current excavations at the Valley of the Kings. As [...]

Translated from the French website Le journal du CRNS: At thirty kilometers southwest of Cairo, the site of Saqqara has delivered new wonders. The archaeological mission led by Egyptologist Christiane Ziegler revealed in broad daylight inviolate tombs dated from the first millennium BC Within a funerary complete and very well preserved was found (sarcophagi, statues, [...]

For the final post in the series on Ancient Egyptian Games I’ve collected a bunch of games that can be played online and put them all together here on one page. You can also purchase games for your computer from the Ancient Egyptian Games Shop. Senet: You can read all about the ancient Egyptian game [...]