Ancient Egypt - Finestre sull'Arte

New discoveries at Tanis (Egypt): 225 ushabti and a riddle solved in the royal necropolis

The archaeological zone of San el-Hagar, ancient Tanis in Egypt, is back in the scientific spotlight thanks to a recent discovery by the French archaeological mission led by Frédéric Payraudeau ofSorbonne University. The discovery took ...
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Treasures of the Pharaohs from Cairo to Rome. Here's what the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale looks like

The urge to know our origins and to cherish the memory of the past has accompanied man since his earliest days. From the earliest burials enriched by objects belonging to ancestors to the recovery of vestiges and monuments, every civilization has sou...
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The Netherlands will return to Egypt a head from the dynasty of Thutmose III

Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof has announced that the Netherlands will return toEgypt an ancient stone head dating back to the dynasty of Thutmose III. The find, described as an important artifact of Egyptian historical heritage, had been sei...
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Tutankhamun's Tomb threatens to collapse: study reveals worrying subsidence

The tomb of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun, known as KV62 and located in Egypt 's famous Valley of the Kings, is one of the most famous funerary monuments in the world. Despite its fame, the structure, dating back to the Eighteenth Dynasty (which reig...
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New ancient Egyptian military fortress discovered in Sinai

A discovery of great historical and archaeological significance has emerged in North Sinai (Egypt), where an Egyptian mission has unearthed a large military fortress dating back to the New Kingdom era, along the famous "Horus War Route." It is one of...
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Rome, Pharaoh treasures arrive tonight from Cairo's Egyptian Museum: exhibition coming soon

On the night of Oct. 4-5, 2025, Rome welcomed a load of great historical and cultural value: the Scuderie del Quirinale saw the arrival of the 130 works from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo destined to give life to the exhibition Treasures of the Pharao...
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Discovered a submerged harbor connected to the Temple of Taposiris Magna west of Alexandria

The archaeological mission operating in the area of the Temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria ,Egypt, led by Professor Kathleen Martinez of Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña, in collaboration with Robert Ballard, founder and e...
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Napoleon's portrait in Egypt: the Battle of the Pyramids and the challenge that changed history

At the gates of Cairo, on July 21, 1798, the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte (Ajaccio, 1769 - St. Helena, 1821) came into conflict with the Mamluk troops in what would go down in history as the Battle of the Pyramids, an episode that from the b...
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