They mark the site of the ancient city Meroë ... extending his control to the whole Nile Valley. Piye became the first pharaoh of Egypt’s 25th dynasty (ca 770-656 B.C.), the so-called Black ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

There are days when the sand blows ceaselessly, blanketing the remains of a powerful dynasty that ruled Egypt ... sands revise our understanding of ancient Egypt. This web site will show you ...

A team of Egyptian-American archaeologists has uncovered the tomb of an unknown king who reigned over the region of Abydos in southern Egypt 3,600 years ago. The Abydos Dynasty remains one of the ...

Magli analyzed the possibility that this celestial event influenced the politics, religion, and stability of ancient Egypt. The Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, ruling approximately ...

Child: Ancient Egypt ... he conquered Egypt, and made himself pharaoh! After he died, the descendants of his general, Ptolemy ruled for nearly 300 years! The Ptolemaic dynasty ended with the ...

Life in Ancient Egypt Akhentanen, the Amarna Period, and Tutankhamun This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Baker, Darrell. 2008. Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs, Volume I: ...

Researchers discovered a royal tomb that is over 3,600 years old in Abydos, Egypt. The entryway of the ... some new light on the “lost” Abydos Dynasty. The expedition was led by a team of ...

View inside the tomb. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported the discovery of a royal tomb from the Abydos Dynasty in the “Jabal ...