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Rare Circular Bath Unearthed in Alexandria May Redraw the Map of the Ancient City
For a city as famous as Alexandria, surprisingly large parts of its ancient body still remain archaeologically quiet. Moharam Bek has now broken that silence. An excavation in the Moharam Bek district of Alexandria, Egypt, has uncovered a rare Ptolemaic circular bath and the remains of a Roman-era villa decorated with mosaic floors. The discovery…
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5,300-Year-Old Bow Drill Found in Predynastic Grave Rewrites Early Egyptian Technology Timeline
A small copper object — just 63 millimetres long — has quietly forced archaeologists to rethink the technological abilities of early Egypt. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna have re-examined a century-old artefact from Upper Egypt and identified it as the earliest known rotary metal drill in ancient Egypt, dating…
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First Complete Copy of the Canopus Decree in 150 Years Unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists excavating at Tell el-Pharaeen in Egypt’s Sharqia governorate have discovered a sandstone stele bearing a complete copy of the Canopus Decree (238 B.C.)—the first such find in over a century. Unlike the famous Rosetta Stone, this example is inscribed solely in hieroglyphs, making it unique among the seven known copies of the decree. In…
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Egyptian Records Highlight Southern Levant’s Role in Bronze Age Geopolitics
Archaeological and written sources reveal Egypt’s political and economic influence over the Levant Official documents and inscriptions from ancient Egypt provide striking insights into the geopolitical importance of the Southern Levant (modern-day Palestine, Jordan, and Israel) during the Bronze Age. Newly discovered cuneiform tablets, stelae, and temple inscriptions show that this region was not only…