Ancient Egyptian History - Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com Ancient Egypt, Greece & Rome History Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:18:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://ancientsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-1-150x126.png Ancient Egyptian History - Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com 32 32 167794014 2500 Year Old Sealed Sarcophagus Opened in Egypt https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/2500-year-old-sealed-sarcophagus-opened-in-egypt/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:42:07 +0000 https://ancientsociety.com/?p=1118 It’s 2020. The world was in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic; international travel had nearly ground to a halt, and much of humanity was living under lockdown. Meanwhile, in Egypt, archaeologists are opening sealed ancient coffins that have remained untouched for more than 2,500 years. What could possibly go wrong? On October 3, 2020, […]

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]]> 1118 An Ancient Egyptian Murder Mystery: The Assassination of Ramesses III https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/an-ancient-egyptian-murder-mystery/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 01:38:07 +0000 https://ancientsociety.com/?p=1085 Fans of true crime stories are going to love what I have for you today. It’s one of the first ever documented murder mysteries. The murder of Pharaoh Ramesses III is one of the oldest documented political conspiracies in human history. For centuries, historians knew that a plot had been hatched against the aging pharaoh, but […]

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