Curated category
Egyptology
- Pyramid TextsFrench archaeologist Gaston Maspero arrived in Egypt during 1880 to begin his work. He chose a site in South Saqqara that had been mapped by Karl Richard…
- Memphis, EgyptIn the early third century BC, a priest and historian named Manetho recorded a legend that King Menes founded Memphis by diverting the Nile River with dikes…
- Rosetta StoneA decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt stands as a stele of granodiorite. The stone bears three versions of this text, each written…