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Ancient tablet discovered to reveal bizarre sick day excuses used by workers building the pyramids
UNILAD· 3 days agoAn over 3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet has exposed some of the gobsmacking reasons given by workers...
The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how I used modern astronomy to explore her link with the...
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhat did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special...
From Ancient Egyptian Myths to Astrophysics: A Jewel in the Queen’s Hair
SciTechDaily· 7 days agoThis stunning Hubble Space Telescope image shows the jewel-bright spiral galaxy NGC 4689, which is...
Barry Kemp, Egyptologist who dispelled myths about the ‘Christ-like’ pharaoh Akhenaten – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoProfessor Barry Kemp, who has died the day after his 84th birthday, was an eminent Egyptologist who...
An ancient manuscript up for sale gives a glimpse into the history of early Christianity
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Crosby-Schøyen Codex itself contains five texts in Sahidic Coptic, a dialect of the ancient ...
Experts finally crack mysterious code in ancient Assyrian temples
MSN News· 7 days agoAn ancient code that has mystified experts for more than a century has finally been cracked. The...
In Egypt, a piece of Jewish pottery suggests a woman’s role that was stolen from history - Jewish...
JTA· 3 days agoA discovery in Elephantine hints that priestesses might have played a role in the rituals of ancient...
Spices have their own riveting, piquant history
The Economist· 4 days agoOne observer compared clove plants to laurel shrubs, while nutmeg, he noticed, grew on something resembling the pear tree. Despite their common...
Evangelical pastor/author disputes Pope Francis, says ‘Heaven Awaits’ those who commit to faith
The Washington Times· 4 days agoAn evangelical pastor and author says Pope Francis’ recent comments that people are “fundamentally...
12 Architectural Masterpieces That Never Were
Dwell via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA new book rounds up hundreds of unbuilt structures and city plans from the 20th century to today that show just how different our world could have...