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The Pioneers Who Helped Shape American Egyptology
Two hundred and fifty years ago, as the newly independent United States celebrated its birth in 1776, there were no American excavations in Egypt.
No American museums filled with pharaohs. No university Egyptology departments in the New World. And certainly, no American archaeologists uncovering lost t...

By Guest Writer Jeanne Whitehurst

Tucked between the towering western cliffs of Luxor and the hill of Qurnet Murai lies one of Egypt’s most remarkable ancient communities: Deir el-Medina, the village of the royal tomb builders.

For nearly five centuries during the New Kingdom—particularly in the Ramesside period—this settlement was home...

By Laura Ranieri Roy

This past October-November, with a group of 12 intrepid travellers, we truly did it all.
Was it life-changing?
Yes, I think for some...