Public “unwrappings” of real mummified human remains performed by both showmen and scientists heightened the fascination, but also helped develop the growing science of Egyptology, says a historian.

After years dedicated to shedding light on the work of the late Harvard Egyptology Professor George A. Reisner, Class of 1889, Peter D. Manuelian ’81 will become the first egyptology professor at ...

So said Harvard’s Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology Peter Der Manuelian ’81, as he gave directions to his office in the Semitic Musuem at 6 Divinity Avenue. The Semitic Museum, Harvard’s showcase ...

Egyptologist whose discoveries at Amarna shed new light on urban life in the ancient world The Egyptologist and archaeologist Barry Kemp, who has died aged 84, transformed our understanding of ...

We know how white people in London, Paris and New York viewed the discovery of Tutankhamun - but much less attention is paid to the contemporary Egyptian reaction The canopic jars which contained the ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. In the late 1800s, it wasn't unusual to see well-to-do Europeans climbing Egyptian pyramids in long ...

A vivid biography of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, France’s real-life ‘Indiana Jones’, lays bare her defiance of the Nazis and her ancient world discoveries If a director or producer were ever ...

British author Toby Wilkinson presents a rogues gallery of early Egyptologists in his new book A World Beneath the Sands The surviving sites and monuments of ancient Egypt have always been a source of ...

Egypt gained its independence from Britain in 1922; simultaneously, the biggest discovery in archaeological history occurred later that year by famed Egyptologist Howard Carter. Though Britain ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Cal State San Bernardino now has a certificate for that. The university’s Department of History is launching a new Egyptology program for undergraduates and ...

Egyptology, the study of Ancient Egypt, was still developing its scientific methods into the early 20th century. The men who excavated tombs during this period often lacked formal training, sometimes ...