The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.

January 17 is the Feast Day for Agios Antonios O Megas (Saint Anthony the Great), the revered Father of Monks, celebrated by ...

How King Tutankhamun’s family forever changed the land of the Nile The Colossi of Memnon, a pair of statues each depicting the seated Amenhotep III (r. ca. 1390–1352 B.C.), once stood at the first ...

This two-foot-tall basalt statue depicts Udjahorresnet, an Egyptian courtier who held high positions under the final two pharaohs of the 26th Dynasty (664–526 B.C.) and the first two pharaohs of the ...