Archaeologists in Saqqara make a dazzling discovery: a late period Egyptian coffin with a gilded mask. Now, to bring it to the surface, they use a pulley known as a ‘tambora,' a technology that dates ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pyramids were supposed to be royal burial sites, crammed with unimaginable treasures. And yet they were built to be as conspicuous as possible, ...
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From desert patrol to tomb guard: Ancient Egyptian police used bone whistles in Akhenaten’s capital
Archaeologists have formally identified a 3,300-year-old bone whistle from Tell el-Amarna that they believe served as a police signal near the royal cemetery, according to Smithsonian Magazine. The ...
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