The Temple of Edfu in particular is a remarkable example ... Sadler noted that the “complex system of inscriptions and pictorial reliefs that cover the walls” actually intertwine to depict ...

experts have been carefully cleaning and restoring parts of the 2,000-year-old Temple of Edfu—and shedding new light on what the richly decorated house of worship looked like in its prime.

This piece of papyrus from the mid-Third Century BCE describes a period of famine in Egypt that occurred when the Nile River failed to flood for several years in a row. It was collected from the ...