This is a close-up photograph of a lion piece from a Mehen board game. It is carved from ivory. The ancient Egyptians often made things from hippopotamus ivory because there used to be lots of ...

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 ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient Egypt’s earliest pharaohs ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a huge tomb belonging to one of ancient Egypt's earliest pharaohs. But with no mummy left inside the identity of the fallen king remains a mystery. The 3,600-year ...