Everyone knows that the Egyptian pyramids are ancient — but exactly how old are they? Historians estimate that they were ...
This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt ...
When researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who ...
At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid ...
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