Were the Ancient Greeks racist? In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Ancient Civilizations series, we explore primary ...

Teacher's Notes. This video gives a snapshot of Ancient Egypt and its greatest resource - the River Nile. It also helps to explore the value and importance of sources in finding out about the past.

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.. This is the ...

Item 1 of 4 Field work takes place near the site where the tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king was discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and ...

Instead, it was a reenactment of an ancient Egyptian battle organized by the 41 students in ARCH 1630: “Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare.” The reenactment was staged as part of the students ...

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The ancient Egyptians were astute astronomers. They often depicted the cosmos atop coffins. A new survey of such artwork suggests that they may have had a greater understanding of the Milky Way than ...