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The Sabu disk is an ancient Egyptian artifact from the First Dynasty, c. 3000 to 2800 BC. It was found in 1936 in the north of the Saqqara necropolis in mastaba S3111, the grave of the ancient Egyptian official Sabu after whom it is named. The function and meaning of the carefully crafted natural stone vessel are unclear.
Ancient Egyptian pottery includes all objects of fired clay from ancient Egypt. [1] First and foremost, ceramics served as household wares for the storage, preparation, transport, and consumption of food, drink, and raw materials.
Wadi al-Jarf (Arabic: وادي الجرف) is an area on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, 119 km (74 mi) south of Suez, that is the site of the oldest known artificial harbour in the world, developed about 4500 years ago.
The Caylus vase is an Egyptian alabaster jar dedicated in the name of the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (c.518–465 BCE) in Egyptian hieroglyphs and Old Persian cuneiform, which in 1823 played an important role in the modern decipherment of cuneiform and the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.
Archaeologists uncovered a collection of pottery vessels — one containing ancient cheese — at a site in Egypt. Researchers made the discovery as they began their sixth season of excavation ...
In 2018, archeologists from Cairo University and the University of Catania reported the discovery of the oldest known cheese from Egypt. Discovered in the Saqqara necropolis, it is around 3200 years old. [237] Earlier, remains identified as cheese were found in the funeral meal in an Egyptian tomb dating around 2900 BC. [238]
Photo from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Mummies from the 2,000-year-old cemetery were in poor condition, Dr. Mustafa Waziri said in the release. However, under the linen wraps, some ...
A painting by Konstantin Flavitsky of Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, who is in a basket.. The ark of bulrushes (Hebrew: תבת גמא, romanized: têḇaṯ gōme) was a container which, according to the episode known as the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus, carried the infant Moses.