Memphis - Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com Ancient Egypt, Greece & Rome History Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:17:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://ancientsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-1-150x126.png Memphis - Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com 32 32 167794014 How old is ancient Egypt? https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/how-old-is-ancient-egypt/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:22:38 +0000 https://www.ancientsociety.com/?p=1479 When people talk about the ancient Egyptian civilization, that usually begins with the unification of upper and lower Egypt. Yes there were people who lived in the area for years prior to the unification. But “egypt” as we know it today truly began with that first pharaoh and that’s therefore when we start the clock […]

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]]> 1479 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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