Mastodawn

When Egypt’s priests opened the royal tombs, the treasures disappeared—but the mummies survived. Was it preservation… or betrayal?
#AncientEgypt #HistoryMystery #HiddenHistory #ValleyOfTheKings #Archaeology
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/articles/butehamun-opener-gates-underworld-dismantling-sacred-places-dead

JBinnacle Feb 13

Colossi of Memnon [تمثالا ممنون]. Luxor, Egypt 🇪🇬, 27th December 2022.

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#Luxor #Egypt #مصر
#Egypt #Luxor #Thebes #ValleyOfTheKings #واديالملوك#مصر# الأقصر
#ColossiOfMemnon #AncientEgypt #Archaeology #EgyptianArchaeology #تمثالاممنون
#travel #travelphotography #traveling #travelling #trip #tourism
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JBinnacle Feb 13

The actual Valley of the Kings [ وادي الملوك ]. It’s easy to imagine how tombs could go hidden for so long, looking at those debris collapses.

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#Egypt #مصر #Luxor #Thebes #ValleyOfTheKings #واديالملوك# الأقصر
#MedinetHabu #EgyptianArt #AncientEgypt #archaeology #EgyptianArchaeology
#travel #travelphotography #traveling #travelling #trip #tourism
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JBinnacle Feb 12

Ceiling in the tomb of Ramesses IV in The Valley of the Kings. Valley of the Kings [ وادي الملوك ]. Luxor, Egypt 🇪🇬, 27th December 2022.

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#Egypt #مصر #Luxor #Thebes #ValleyOfTheKings #واديالملوك# الأقصر
#RamessesIV #MedinetHabu #EgyptianArt #AncientEgypt #archaeology #EgyptianArchaeology
#travel #travelphotography #traveling #travelling #trip #tourism
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Dave J Feb 12

Thirty #Tamili and #Prakrit #scripts reveal 2,000-year-old #India-#Egypt trade. Among the inscriptions found in six rock-cut tombs, 20 are in Tamili and the remaining 10 are in #Sanskrit and Prakrit, implying that people from several regions of the Indian subcontinent were visiting Egypt.

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/thirty-tamili-and-prakrit-scripts-reveal-2000-year-old-india-egypt-trade-3895134 #archaeology #archeology #egyptology #history #epigraphy #ValleyOfTheKings

Thirty Tamili and Prakrit scripts reveal 2,000-year-old India-Egypt trade

About 30 Tamili and Prakrit inscriptions were found in rock-cut tombs in Egypt’s Valley of Kings, dating to the 1st–3rd centuries AD. Scholars say the find underscores India-Roman trade, merchant networks and early literacy.

Deccan Herald